Shimla municipal corporation election: Congress's long wait ends with easy win. Check full list of winners ward-wise

The Congress registered a clear victory in Shimla municipal corporation election on Thursday after winning 24 out of 34 wards while the BJP bagged nine seats.

The ruling Congress on Thursday swept the Shimla Municipal  Corporation (SMC) polls with two-third majority by winning 24 wards out of total 34, wresting the prestigious civic body from the BJP. The BJP bagged nine wards while the CPI-M captured just a single ward. Both the BJP and the Congress had fielded 34 candidates each while the CPI-M had put up four candidates, reported PTI. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which fielded 21 candidates, drew a blank in the SMC polls held on Tuesday. All the nine independents were also defeated. A total of 102 contestants were in the fray. 

Here's the full list of winning candidates in the Shimla municipal corporation election: 

Ward name	Candidate won	Party
Bharari	Meena Chauhan	BJP
2. Ruldhu Bhatta	Saroj Thakur	BJP
3. Kaithu	Kanta Suyal	Congress
4. Annadale	Urmila Kashyap	Congress
5. SummerHill	Virender	CPIM
6. Tutu	Monika Bhardwaj	Congress
7. Majiyat	Anita Sharma	Congress
8. Boileauganj	Daleep Thapa	Congress
9. Kachi Ghati	Kiran Sharma	Congress
10. Tutikandi	Uma Kaushal	Congress
11. Nabha	Simi Nanda	Congress
12. Phagli	Kalyan Dhiman	BJP
13. Krishnanagar	Bittu Kumar	BJP
14. Ram Bazar	Sushma Kuthiala	Congress
15. Lower Bazar	Umang Banga	Congress
16. Jakhu	Atul Gautam	Congress
17. Benmore	Sheenam Kataria	Congress
18. Engine ghar	Ankush Verma	Congress
19. Sanjauli Chowk	Mamta Chandel	Congress
20. Upper Dhalli	Kamlesh Mehta	BJP
21. Lower Dhalli	Vishakha Modi	Congress
22. Shanti Vihar	Vineet Sharma	Congress
23. Bhatta Kufer	Narinder Thakur	Congress
24. Sangti	Kuldeep Thakur	Congress
25. Malyana	Shanta Verma	Congress
26. Panthaghati	Kusum Thakur	BJP
27. Kasumpati	Rachana Jhina	BJP
28. Chotta Shimla	Surinder Chauhan	Congress
29. Vikasnagar	Rachna Bhardwaj	Congress
30. Kangnadhar	Ram Rattan Sharma	Congress
31. Patiyog	Asha Sharma	BJP
32. New Shimla	Nisha Thakur	BJP
33. Khalini	Chaman Prakash	Congress
34. Kanlog	Alok Pathania	Congress

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