MP Municipal Election Result 2022: Big win for BJP; PM Modi congratulates Shivraj Singh Chouhan

MP Municipal Election Phase 1 Result 2022 : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged victorious at five places so far in the mayoral elections held in 11 municipal corporations in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday evening. The Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) bagged one seat each.

The BJP won the mayoral elections in Burhanpur, Satna, Khandwa, Sagar and Ujjain whereas the Congress in Chhindwara, while the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP, which contested the civic polls in MP for the first time, bagged the post in Singrauli, according to a PTI report.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the winning candidates, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and BJP workers in the state.

"Thanks to voters for reposing their faith in BJP in Madhya Pradesh civic polls. This victory is a symbol of the unwavering faith of the people in the @ChouhanShivraj
 government of the state. Many congratulations to the party workers as well as all the winning candidates," he tweeted in Hindi.

मध्य प्रदेश के निकाय चुनाव में भाजपा पर अपना विश्वास जताने के लिए सभी मतदाताओं का बहुत-बहुत आभार। यह जीत राज्य की @ChouhanShivraj सरकार में जनता-जनार्दन के अटूट भरोसे का प्रतीक है। पार्टी कार्यकर्ताओं के साथ-साथ सभी विजयी उम्मीदवारों को ढेरों शुभकामनाएं। @BJP4MP

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 17, 2022

In the last elections, Congress had failed to win even one out of the total 16 corporations in the state. The latest result has brought some respite for the party which won in Chhindwara, considered to be the bastion of former chief minister Kamal Nath.

Kamal Nath had to resign as the chief minister in March 2020, as the party lost majority in the House following the resignation of 22 party MLAs, who were Scindia loyalists. Scindia and his followers had later joined the BJP. The rebellion in 2020 by Scindia, who was then with the Congress, had resulted in the collapse of the Kamal Nath-led government in the state within 15 months of coming to power.

After a gap of 18 years, the Congress also has expressed confidence of winning in Jabalpur.

(With PTI Inputs)