Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the Bharatiya Janata Party had registered a landslide victory in panchayat elections and its supported candidates had won 735 or 85 per cent of block pramukh seats.
The election for block pramukhs was held on Saturday. There are 826 seats of block pramukhs and elections were held for 825 seats.
Addressing a press conference along with BJP state president Swatantra Dev Singh, Yogi Adityanath said here on Saturday that the BJP won 735 seats of block pramukhs which included 635 by the BJP, 14 by ally Apna Dal (Sonelal) and 76 by BJP-supported candidates. He said this number could increase as the results were still coming in.
Yogi Adityanath said the BJP not only won 85 per cent block pramukh seats but also won over 85 per cent seats of district panchayat chairpersons.
BJP general secretary Sunil Bansal offered sweets to the chief minister and the BJP state president to celebrate the occasion.
"The results of the panchayat elections which concluded today (Saturday) have unequivocally demonstrated that the people are inclined in favour of the BJP as the benefit of the welfare schemes launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi have reached the common man at the grassroots level,” the chief minister said. Thanking the electorate for the trust reposed in the BJP, Yogi Adityanath said, “This election proves people’s trust in the BJP government and the hard work done by the party leaders and cadre during the adverse conditions caused by the pandemic,”
On 735 out of 825 seats, the BJP had fielded its candidates, while its allies were contesting, on 76 seats. Around 335 BJP block pramukhs were elected unopposed. “This victory number will increase after the full results are out. I am happy to inform you that the strategy of the party was carried forward through the people's representatives and workers, the result was that the BJP and allies won 67 seats out of 75 district panchayat chairpersons’ seats," the chief minister said.
Yogi said, “75,852 kshetra panchayat members have elected 825 block pramukhs, there is a big election process and we conducted elections with transparency." In the district panchayat chairpersons’ polls held earlier this month, the BJP grabbed 67 of the 75 districts. The total number of members elected to district panchayats is 3,050 and they elect the chairpersons of district panchayats.
Expressing his commitment for the families of the state employees who were victims of pandemic during the elections, the chief minister said the state government had asked the State Election Commission to amend the guidelines for the compensation for the victims of pandemic. He said the loss of life could never be compensated but the state government had compensated the families of the victims. He said the survivors of the victims had been given government jobs.