Bharatiya Janata Party once again won the majority of council seats in Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) by grabbing 100 of the 198 civic wards.

While Congress won in 76 wards, JD-S could make it only in 14. Four wards were won by independent candidates, while four council seats were grabbed by other candidates. Counting of votes began at 8 am on Tuesday across 27 centres and was over before 1 pm, as expected.

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A total of 1,121 candidates from Congress, BJP, JD(S), MIM, SP, BSP, CPI and CPI (M) had contested the BBMP council elections that was held on Saturday, 22 August, in 197 of the 198 civic wards.

Voting for the election of BBMP councillors in 197 of the 198 wards were held on Saturday, 22 August. Although 7.4 million (73,88,526) voters had registered to exercise their franchise, only 49% of them turned up at polling booths. Polling was held at 6,463 booths across the 197 civic wards of the BBMP.

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Election was not held in the Hongasandra ward (number 189) as a BJP candidate was on 13 August declared elected unanimously, after the poll panel rejected the nomination of Congress candidate K Maheshwari for submitting a false caste certificate, IANS reported.

In the previous five-year term (2010-2015), the BJP had for the first time taken over the rule in BBMP by winning in 116 wards, while Congress won only in 62 wards, JD-S in 14 and and eight were won by independents. It will be decided today whether the graph would remain the same for the next five years or BJP would take away more wards.

After the results are announced, the process of taking charge will be completed within a month, during which the mayor, deputy mayor and chairpersons of 12 standing committees will be elected in the first meeting. The party that will win in more than 100 wards will elect their candidates as the mayor and deputy mayor, Deccan Herald reports.