Punjab municipal corporation election result Highlights: AAP wins over 48% wards, Congress on second spot

AAP on Friday won over 48 per cent of the municipal wards in Punjab civic body elections till around 9.30 pm on Friday, with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann saying that people supported the ruling party's developmental politics and defeated the opposition's "politics of hatred".

According to Punjab State Election Commission data, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won 954 of the total 1,977 wards, the Congress came at the second spot by winning 393 wards, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) secured 192 wards while the BJP managed to win 172 wards in the civic body elections.

Ludhiana district trends, as per News 18:

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP): Leading in 23 seats

Congress: Leading in 15 seats

Shiromani Akali Dal (Shiromani Akali Dal): Leading in 05 seats

Independent: Leading in 03 seats

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP): Leading in 01 seat

According to News 18 Punjab, results of 12 out of 21 wards of Rupnagar have been declared. They are as follows:

Ward No. 1 Praveen Kumar (Aam Aadmi Party)

Ward No. 2: Karamjit Kaur (Bharatiya Janata Party)

Ward No. 3 Amrit Pal Singh Sonu (Aam Aadmi Party)

Ward No. 4 Gurvinder Singh Bawa (Shiromani Akali Dal)

Ward No. 5 Paramjit Singh Makkar (Shiromani Akali Dal)

Ward No. 6: Santosh Kumari (Aam Aadmi Party)

Ward No. 7 Sukhjinder Singh Fauji (Aam Aadmi Party)

Ward No. 8 Jasvir Kaur (Bharatiya Janata Party)

Ward No. 9 Rekha Rani (Congress)

Ward No. 10: Kiran Gupta (Bharatiya Janata Party)

Ward No. 11: Harminder Pal Singh Walia (Bharatiya Janata Party)

Ward No. 12 Kiran Soni (Independent)

Updated tally so far

AAP: 630

Congress: 215

SAD: 175

BJP: 52

Others: 214

— Inputs from HT

The AAP has secured a majority in Arniwala Nagar Panchayat in the Jalalabad segment of Fazilka district with victory across 6 wards. While SAD and Congress secured 6 and 1, respectively, the BJP failed to open its account.

— Inputs from HT

Mohali Municipal Corporation:

Total Wards: 50

AAP: 9

INC: 3

SAD: 1

IND: 1

— Inputs from HT

AAP has emerged as the most prominent contender across the district, leading in several towns including Khanna (where it also secured one uncontested ward), Samrala (with three uncontested wards), and Doraha

The counting is underway in Punjab. AAP is leading in most of the seats. The opposition parties had accused the ruling AAP government of misusing official machinery during the elections.

Aam Aadmi Party is leading in Punjab civic body polls as counting continues. The AAP was ahead with 220 wards while Congress was ahead on 90 seats, as per local media reports.

AAP: 220

Congress: 90

SAD: 75

BJP: 20

Others: 89

Aam Aadmi Party is leading with 23 seats out of 108 seats in six Municipal councils in Ludhiana district as counting for civic body polls continues. Congress won 15 seats, and Akalis won 5. BJP has won one seat in the district so far.

In the first round of Ward No 1-14 in Mohali, Aam Aadmi Party is in the lead in six seats.

In Arniwala Nagar Panchayat of Jalalabad segment in Fazilka district, AAP won 6 of 9 results declared so far. Akalis have won 3 seats while Congress and the BJP drew a blank.

Ten AAP leaders were declared unopposed in their respective municipalities in Amritsar.

Four AAP candidates have won the Patran MC elections of Patiala. Kuldeep Singh won from Ward Number 1, Amritpal Singh from Ward Number 4, Anuwinder Singh from Ward Number 12, and Rajwinder Kaur from Ward Number 17.

In the Kapurthala elections, Congress won two wards while the AAP candidate won one ward, according to The Tribune.

AAP has won the Kartarpur municipal council polls in Jalandhar district. Of 15 wards, the AAP has won nine seats, while three went to the Congress, two to independents, and one to the BJP.

DSP Ajnala, Inderjeet Singh says, "The civic body elections were held on 26th May. A strong room was designated at Government College, Ajnala, here. Counting of votes is being done here. All over supervision is being done by SP Headquarters. Four SHO-level officers have been deployed here for security. Police personnel are here on law and order duty. Counting will be done peacefully...Counting of votes from 11 wards are being done here. 33 security personnel are here on duty. You can see everything is peaceful here and it will be continue to be the same."

The ruling AAP is ahead in muncipal polls, the results are being declared today. As things stand, AAP is leading on 131 seats, according to PTC news. The tally so far is as follows:

AAP: 131

Congress: 28

SAD: 28

BJP: 2

Others: 36

In the Mukerian MC elections in Hoshiarpur district, AAP candidate Priya Bharyal has won from Ward Number 1 with 409 votes, while Congress candidate Satnam Singh emerged victorious from Ward Number 2 with 407 votes, according to The Tribune.

Counting of votes for the Punjab civic body elections began across multiple counting centres in the state on Friday amid elaborate security arrangements and tight police deployment to ensure the process remains peaceful and smooth.