The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Chhattisgarh managed to get a marginal lead in the panchayat polls in the state. Source(s): https://in.linkedin.com/in/brijmohanagrawal

2. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) in Chhattisgarh managed to
get a marginal lead in the panchayat
polls in the state.

3. The opposition leaders alleged that
the ruling party rigged the
Panchayat President polls or
otherwise the tally would have been
in favor of Congress party.

4. The District Panchayat President is
elected by the district panchayat
members. As the panchayat election
in Chhattisgarh is not contested on
party line, the exact number of BJP
and Congress supporters winning
panch and sarpanch posts cannot be
known.

5. In Jagdalpur, BJP Chhattisgarh
managed to get its candidate Javita
Mandavi occupy the post.

6. The Chief Minister, Raman Singh
and Leader of Opposition T S
Singh Deo failed to ensure victory
for the candidates backed by their
parties.

7. In Rajnandgaon, the home
constituency of Singh, BJP backed
Madhu Sahu lost the election to
Congress backed Chitralekha
Verma.

8. In Sarguja from where Singh Deo
belongs, BJP backed candidate
Phooleshwari Paikra won the District
Panchayat President poll.

9. The ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)
in Chhattisgarh failed to repeat its
Assembly and Lok Sabha election
performance, losing most of its seats to
the Congress and independent
candidates.

10. The BJP Chhattisgarh which was
ruling in six out of 10 Municipal
Corporations in the State, secured
victory only in four places.

11. A faction-ridden Congress won
four Mayoral posts, including
Raipur, one more than its previous
tally.

12. The BJP party could retain only 16
out of 29 seats it won last time in
the 40 Municipal Councils that
went to the polls in December.

13. The Congress won 50 of the 105
Nagar Panchayats, the ruling party
37 and the Independents 18
panchayats. There was extensive
campaigning during the civic polls
by the Bharatiya Janta Party.

14. The overall results were not as per
expectations. Therefore steps were taken
for the upcoming panchayat elections.
After the results there was inspection about
the setback of the party.

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