Karnataka voters have once again thrown a surprise election mandate. The state, which rejected Congress and Janata Dal – Secular alliance in Lok Sabha elections 2019 only months after electing them to power in state assembly, has once again reposed its faith in it. The elections to 1,361 wards, spread across eight city municipal councils, 33 town municipal councils and 22 town panchayats, were held on May 29. The results of Karnataka Urban Local Body Elections, counting for which is still underway, has put Congress in a comfortable lead against BJP.
BJP has fared better in town panchayats as it has won on 126 of the 290 declared seats, while Congress has secured 97 wards. Congress, on other hand, has swept the urban areas. The party has won 90 of the 217 declared wards in city municipality wards and 322 of the 714 town municipality wards. BJP secured 56 and 184 seats respectively.
Karnataka Congress president Dinesh Gundu Rao tweeted, “Congress wins 509/1221 of the #KarnatakaUrbanLocalBodiesElections Winning almost 42% of the seats, it clearly shows that the people of Karnataka are with the Congress. What surprises me is how did BJP lose after winning by huge margins in the Loksabha. Needs investigation.”
Urban local body poll results of K’taka: BJP gets 366, Congress won 509 seats
