Former chief minister and BJP leader Dr Raman Singh claimed a big win. He said the Congress has made a ‘hattrick of defeats’ by losing continuously in the elections. Singh also congratulated the party workers, officials and especially Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, under whose leadership the party won the urban body elections in the state.Polling for 10 Municipal Corporations, 49 Municipal Councils, and 114 Nagar Panchayats across the state, was held on February 11. There are 44.74 lakh voters — 22.52 lakh males and 22.73 lakh females. The Election Commission set up a total of 597 polling stations across theState for urban body polls. The vote counting process commenced at 9 a.m. with postal ballots, followed by the counting of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) votes from 9:30 a.M. under tight security. The results will be declared on February 15, with results expected to be announced on February 16.
