BJP sweeps Chhattisgarh mayoral polls, wins all 10 seats

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept the Chhattisgarh civic polls, winning all 10 mayoral posts on Saturday, reported news agency PTI citing officials. The results were declared after votes were counted for 173 urban bodies in Chhattisgarh.
Calling the poll victory a "historic day for the Chhatisgarh BJP", CM Vishnu Deo Sai thanked the voters.

"This is a historic day for Chhattisgarh BJP and the state govt...BJP has got a historic win in Chhattisgarh Civic Polls, our candidates won all 10 seats with a huge margin. Congress has been swiped clean in the civic polls, they did not win even a single seat...we want to thank all the voters for having faith in BJP and PM Modi," the chief minister told news agency ANI.
The voter turnout in civic polls was 72.19 per cent in the state. Koriya and Gariaband districts recorded highest with 84.97 per cent and 84.65 per cent respectively while Bilaspur and Raipur recorded lowest at 51.37 per cent and 52.75 per cent.
There were 44,90,360 eligible voters, comprising 22,08,625 men, 22,81,226 women and 509 third-gender persons.
CM Sai on the eve of election results, had expressed optimism that BJP would emerge victorious, just as it did in the Lok Sabha, state Assembly, and by-elections.
After the results, BJP chief JP Nadda called Chhattisgarh BJP's state president and Chhattisgarh CM to congratulate on the party's landslide victory in the local bodies election.
"This historic victory is a symbol of the unwavering faith of the people of the state on the public welfare and tribal-friendly schemes being implemented by the double-engine government under the guidance of the respected Prime Minister Narendra Modi," JP Nadda posted on X.