BJP wins 230 posts in Tamil Nadu urban local body polls

As per the results, BJP has managed to bag at least six wards in the Nagercoil corporation, while it has also bagged a few wards in Bavanisagar and Sathyamangalam MCs as well. Interestingly in Chennai, the party has come second in some wards in Chennai by displacing the assembly ally AIADMK to the third position.

NewsBharati 23-Feb-2022 11:41:31 AM

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Chennai, Feb 23: Emerging as the third third-largest party in Tamil Nadu urban local body election, Bhartiya Janta Party has alone secured over 230 posts in the urban local body elections.

As per the results, BJP has managed to bag at least six wards in the Nagercoil corporation, while it has also bagged a few wards in Bavanisagar and Sathyamangalam MCs as well. Interestingly in Chennai, the party has come second in some wards in Chennai by displacing the assembly ally AIADMK to the third position.

The BJP has bagged the second position by pushing the AIADMK in at least 5 wards in Chennai. In the 174th ward, While DMK candidate Radhika won by a margin of 4960 votes, the BJP stood in second place with 1847 votes while the AIADMK was in third place bagging only 1403 votes. Also in the 54th ward, the BJP while bagging 1142 votes stood second replacing AIADMK while The DMK candidate was leading with 3,570 votes.

The saffron party has bagged 5 seats in Municipal Corporations, 46 in Municipality elections, and 188 in town panchayats. The number is said to increase as the counting of seats is still on. Among the significant victories for the BJP was of Puma Jansree who won ward no. 86 in Madurai and Meena Dev who won ward no. 9 of the Nagercoil corporation.

BJP wins Ward No - 4,5,6,7,8,9,10 & 12 of Iraniel Town Panchayat in Kaniyakumari.

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In Virudhunagar East, BJP candidate A. Murugantham has won ward no. 26 in Aruppukkottai municipality whereas Jegathampal has won the 13th ward of the Kilambadi municipality in Erode. Meanwhile, the BJP has won 12 out of 15 wards in the Kanyakumari municipality.

BJP State president K Annamalai claimed that the party has reached the stage of being the third-largest party in the State in the current elections. Professor R Srinivasan, one of the senior leaders of the party, said the results came as a morale booster.

"Wherever the BJP has no people's representatives, the party has made inroads into those areas -- Cuddalore, Vellore, Madurai, Chennai. In many places, the BJP has lost victory by a slender margin, " Annamalai told reporters.