Karnataka Civic Polls: Nadda Thanks People After BJP’s Win In Belagavi

Mumbai: After the BJP got a clear majority during the municipal elections in 3 municipal corporations of Karnataka, the party’s national president JP Nadda thanked the people for “ensuring a big victory” and trusting the party workers.

Taking to the microblogging site, Nadda said, “Thank you to the people of Karnataka for trusting the BJP in the three city corporation elections of Belagavi, Hubballi-Dharwad and Kalburgi. Congratulations to the @BSBommai Ji, @nalinkateel Ji and all the karyakartas, who have ensured that BJP won bigger than it did last time.”

Nadda added that BJP won the Belagavi City Corporation for the first time, and said, “Thanks to people-friendly policies of PM @narendramodi, we have won Belagavi City Corporation for the 1st time. It’s a matter of pride that @BJP4Karnataka has emerged as the single largest Party in Hubballi-Dharwad Corporation and performed exceedingly well in Kalaburgi Corporation.”

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Going ahead with a clear majority in the Belagavi civic polls, the BJP bagged 35 seats out of a total of 58 wards. In Belagavi, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) got one seat, while the Janata Dal Secular (JDS) did not get a single seat.

12 of the remaining seats were won by independent candidates, while the Congress 10. However, in Hubli-Dharwad, the BJP won 39 of the 82 wards.

Congress, not too far behind, won 33 seats. The tally for JDS, AIMIM and independent candidates stands at 1, 3 and 6 respectively. The Congress took lead in Kalburgi and bagged 27 seats of 55 wards, while BJP won 23.

In Kalburgi, AIMIM could not win even a single seat, however, JDS bagged 4 seats and 1 seat was bagged by an independent candidate.

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