GORAKHPUR: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) registered a thumping victory in Gorakhpur Mayoral elections as its candidate Dr Manglesh Srivastav defeated SP’s Kajal Nishad with 67,026 votes.
In the 28th counting round, BJP’s Dr Manglesh got 2,14,983 votes, SP’s Kajal Nishad got 1,47,957 votes, BSP candidate Kishore Nathani got 26,909 votes and Congress candidate Naveen Sinha got 9,926 votes.
After the victory of Dr Manglesh Srivastava, Kajal Nishad with the support of other SP leaders staged a protest and accused the administration of cheating and changing the data in the computer and demanded recounting. After heated arguments, police took Kajal Nishad from the counting spot.
On the other hand, a huge number of supporters congratulated BJP candidate Dr Manglesh Srivastav and started celebrating the victory in a grand manner.
This is the third time when Kajal Nishad lost the election. In 2012, she contested in the assembly elections on Congress ticket from Gorakhpur rural seat and lost. In 2021 she joined SP and contested for the same seat in 2022 and lost the elections. In 80 wards of Gorakhpur, BJP won 41 seats, S seats, BSP 5 seats and Congress only 1 seat. Independent candidates won 15 seats.
In the 28th counting round, BJP’s Dr Manglesh got 2,14,983 votes, SP’s Kajal Nishad got 1,47,957 votes, BSP candidate Kishore Nathani got 26,909 votes and Congress candidate Naveen Sinha got 9,926 votes.
After the victory of Dr Manglesh Srivastava, Kajal Nishad with the support of other SP leaders staged a protest and accused the administration of cheating and changing the data in the computer and demanded recounting. After heated arguments, police took Kajal Nishad from the counting spot.
On the other hand, a huge number of supporters congratulated BJP candidate Dr Manglesh Srivastav and started celebrating the victory in a grand manner.
This is the third time when Kajal Nishad lost the election. In 2012, she contested in the assembly elections on Congress ticket from Gorakhpur rural seat and lost. In 2021 she joined SP and contested for the same seat in 2022 and lost the elections. In 80 wards of Gorakhpur, BJP won 41 seats, S seats, BSP 5 seats and Congress only 1 seat. Independent candidates won 15 seats.