GMC Polls: BJP Secures Clean Sweep; PM Modi, CM Sarma Thank People For 'Historic Win'

Guwahati: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ally, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), on Sunday secured a clean sweep in Assam's Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) elections.

The saffron party grabbed 58 out of the total 60 seats, with the BJP winning 52 wards while the AGP securing six.

Notably, AAP candidate Masuna Begum won ward number 42, while AJP nominee Hukum Chand Ali secured victory in ward number one defeating the BJP candidates.

Meanwhile, the main opposition Congress this time failed to open its account in the GMC elections.

Initially, both AAP and Congress didn't see any success, while the AGP, a BJP ally, was ahead in one ward.

The Elections were held on Friday after a gap of nine years for the 60 wards of GMC. However, the elections were conducted for 57 wards as three BJP candidates were elected uncontested.

The elections to the GMC recorded a 52.80 per cent turnout.

BJP's ally party Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) has fielded its candidates in seven wards as per its seat-sharing pact with the BJP.

Taking to the micro-blogging site Twitter, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma thanked the voters of Guwahati for their mandate.

" I bow my head to the people of Guwahati for giving @BJP4Assam & its allies a historic win in #GMCElections. With this massive mandate, people have reaffirmed their faith on our development journey under the guidance of Adarniya PM Shri @narendramodi ji,'' Sarma tweeted.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi too thanked the people of Guwahati for the resounding mandate to the BJP in Assam.

"Thank you Guwahati! The people of this lovely city have given a resounding mandate to @BJP4Assam to build on the agenda of development. They have also blessed the hardwork of the state government under CM @himantabiswa. My gratitude to every BJP Karyakarta for the hard work," PM Modi tweeted.

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