Madhya Pradesh local body elections: BJP wins 25 posts of president; Congress improves tally, bags 15

BJP on Wednesday won 26 out of the 43 posts of presidents of urban bodies in MP.

Madhya Pradesh local body elections: BJP wins 25 posts of president; Congress improves tally, bags 15

Bhopal: Continuing its winning streak, the Bharatiya Janata Party​ (BJP) on Wednesday won 25 out of the 43 posts of president in the local body elections in Madhya Pradesh.

The Opposition Congress-backed candidates won at 15 places, while Independents bagged three posts.

The previous tally was 26 and 8 for BJP and Congress, respectively.

MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan credited party's victory to their agenda of development and promised to meet people's expectations. 

However, the BJP lost three seats of councilors in the bypoll held in two Nagar Parishads in Mandsaur district which had seen massive protests by farmers recently. The Congress won all the three seats. 

Voting had taken place in two wards of Shamgar Nagar Panchayat and one ward of Garoth panchayat.

Mandsaur is part of Malwa which is a RSS stronghold. 

MP Congress committee president Arun Yadav described the outcome of the results as satisfactory and said that it proved that people had voted for change. 

The party has been out of power in the state since 2003. 

Civic elections were held on August 11 and over eight lakh voters had exercised their franchise.