Shimla municipal corporation election result highlights: Congress wins after 10 years with 24 wards, BJP bags 9, CPIM 1

Shimla municipal corporation polls highlights: Congress emerged victorious after a clean sweep with 24 wards while BJP won 9 and CPIM captured a single seat.

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu during an election campaign. Congress registered a clear victory in the Shimla municipal corporation election after winning 24 of 34 wards. (PTI)

Highlights: The Congress bagged a clear majority after winning 24 of 34 wards in the Shimla municipal corporation election. BJP failed to retain its power as it won only 9 seats while the CPIM registered victory over a single seat. 59 per cent voter turnout was registered on Tuesday when the hill state went for polling. The elections to SMC were held after a near year-long delay. The five-year term of the civic body ended in June 2022, but the elections could not be held due to court cases challenging the delimitation of wards. ...Read More

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• 4 May 2023, 06:30:37 PM IST

  Congratulations to all our Babbar Sher workers, leaders: Rahul Gandhi

  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also congratulated the party's Himachal team for the huge success in the Shimla municipal corporation election.  

• 4 May 2023, 06:03:49 PM IST

  Will work towards Shimla's beautification: CM Sukhu

• 4 May 2023, 05:22:45 PM IST

  Himachal CM says mandate affirms trust of people in his govt

  Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu thanked the people of the state after the Congress won the Shimla municipal election. 

• 4 May 2023, 03:35:39 PM IST

  Counting ends, Congress registers clear victory with 24 wards

  Counting for the Shimla municipal corporation election is now over with Congress as the victor in the 34-ward assembly. Congress won 24 wards, BJP 9 while CPIM was confined to a single seat. 

• 4 May 2023, 02:45:06 PM IST

  Congress crosses majority mark 

  The Congress has crossed the majority mark with 20 seats in the election while BJP wins 7 and CPIM 1.  

• 4 May 2023, 01:47:22 PM IST

  Ward No 19 ( Sanjauli Chowk ): Mamta Chandel of Cong wins

  Former Mayor BJP ‘s kaundal looses from Sanjauli Chowk to Congress’ Mamta Chandel.

• 4 May 2023, 01:19:38 PM IST

  Ward No 20 ( Dhalli ) : BJP wins 

  Kamlesh Mehta of BJP wins Upper Dhalli.

• 4 May 2023, 12:36:50 PM IST

  Ward No 14 ( Ram Bazar ) : Congress' Shushma Kuthiala wins 

  Congress Shushma Kuthiala on Congress wins Ram Bazar ward.

• 4 May 2023, 12:30:09 PM IST

  Cong Uma Kahshal's wins for third time

  Uma Kahshal of Congress from Tutikandi ward wins for the third time.

• 4 May 2023, 12:28:48 PM IST

  Ward No 11 ( Nabha ): Simmi Nanda of congress wins 

  Simmi Nanda of congress wins Ward No 11 ( Nabha ).

• 4 May 2023, 12:27:36 PM IST

  Phagli ward: Kalyan Dhiman of BJP wins

  Kalyan Dhiman of BJP wins from Phagli ward.

• 4 May 2023, 12:25:55 PM IST

  Uma kaushal of Congress wins from Tutikandi ward

  Uma kaushal of Congress wins from Tutikandi ward.

• 4 May 2023, 12:00:04 PM IST

  INC leading in following wards

  INC is leading in the following wards:

  Ward: 8

  Ward: 9

  Ward: 10

• 4 May 2023, 11:38:11 AM IST

  Results out for seven wards

  Results are out for seven wards 

  Congress - 4

   BJP - 2 

  CPI M - 1

• 4 May 2023, 11:23:56 AM IST

  Congress Monica Bhardwaj wins Tottu

  Congress Monica Bhardwaj wins Tottu.

• 4 May 2023, 11:23:35 AM IST

  Congress district President Jitender Chaidhary looses from bharari ward to BJPs Meena Chauhan

  Congress district President Jitender Chaidhary looses from bharari ward to BJPs Meena Chauhan.

• 4 May 2023, 11:13:32 AM IST

  Bharaari Congress Jitender Chaudhary losses

  Bharaari Congress Jitender Chaudhary losses.

• 4 May 2023, 11:12:24 AM IST

  BJP leads in Annadale ward 

  BJP is leading in Annadale ward.

• 4 May 2023, 11:04:13 AM IST

  Congress' Radha Sood wins by-election to Palampur Municipal Corporation's Ward No. 2

  Congress won the by-election to the Ward No.2 of Palampur Municipal Corporation, polling for which was held on May 2.

  Congress candidate Radha Sood defeated BJP nominee Renu Katoch by a margin of 451 votes. There were only two candidates in the fray.

• 4 May 2023, 10:58:58 AM IST

  Early lead for Congress

  Congress candidates initially leads in three wards.

• 4 May 2023, 10:20:28 AM IST

  Counting at Chotta Shimla

  The district administration has made Chhota Shimla School a counting center for the municipal elections. Eight counting tables have been set up at the centre—seven tables for EVMs and one table for postal ballot.

• 4 May 2023, 10:20:07 AM IST

  Main contest between Congress and BJP

  The main contest is between ruling Congress, which is looking to make a comeback in the SMC after a gap of 10 years, and BJP which aims to retain the civic body it won for the first time in 2017.

  post 2: Shimla municipal corporation election delayed by one year

  Elections to the SMC were delayed by one year due to petition in the High Court challenging the delimitation of the wards. The previous BJP government had increased the number of wards of Shimla MC from 34 to 41. However, the Congress after coming to power reversed the decision.

• 4 May 2023, 06:21:50 AM IST

  90,000 voters to seal fate of 102 candidates as Shimla MC goes to polls today

  With the Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) going to polls on Tuesday, a bipolar contest between arch rivals Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is expected in the state capital. Read more