Allahabad Nagar Nigam result LIVE UPDATES: BJP's Abhilasa Gupta wins Mayor's post
Follow this live blog for all updates from Allahabad, which was one of the 75 districts that went to polls in the Uttar Pradesh Nagar Nigam elections.
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh (Photo: @uptourism/Twitter)
New Delhi,UPDATED: Dec 1, 2017 16:09 IST
Counting began early Friday morning after local body elections were held in three phases in Uttar Pradesh in November. The polls are seen as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's first major electoral test.
Allahabad was one of the 75 districts where polling was conducted.
Stay tuned for all updates from this district. Follow our main live blog for updates from all districts.
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LIVE UPDATES
- BJP's Abhilasa Gupta wins Mayor's post.
- BJP continues to march ahead with 6922 with votes, while SP falls behind second with 2934 votes, BSP in third place with 999 votes.
- BJP's Kusumkali wins Shankargarh's Ward 1 and Shailesh Singh wins Koraon's Ward 6.
- Counting of nearly one-third of all votes is complete. The BJP has received around 20,000 votes - but this hasn't been officially announced. It is based on the tally maintained by the candidate's representative.
- BJP's Abhilasa Gupta Nandi is leading in the contest for the post of mayor.
- Counting of votes has begun.
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