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Karnataka municipal polls: BJP tastes
humiliating defeat, Congress wins big
Monday March 11, 2013 08:27:55 PM,
IANS
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Bangalore:
Karnataka's ruling BJP was Monday routed in urban local bodies
poll held March 7 but the party claimed it is not a pointer to the
outcome of assembly elections due in May.
The Congress was the biggest winner in the elections to the 207
local bodies bagging 1,959 seats out of 4,952 for which balloting
took place Thursday.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was way behind with just 906
seats while the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) was third with 905.
The Karnataka Janata Party headed by former BJP chief minister B.
S. Yeddyurappa failed to create any wave as it managed only 274
seats.
The fate of another party started by B. Sriramulu, a former BJP
minister and close associate of jailed mining baron G. Janardhana
Reddy, was worse as it only won 86 seats.
Independents scored big, bagging 778 seats while Communist Part of
India-Marxist won 13. The rest were taken by other smaller
parties.
Elections were held for seven city corporations, 43 city municipal
corporations, 65 town municipal councils and 93 town panchayats.
Of the seven city corporations, the Congress captured Mangalore,
in the west coast, Bellary in the north and Davangere in the
central part. All three districts were considered BJP strongholds.
The BJP failed to gain majority in the city corporation in Chief
Minister Jagadish Shettar's home district Dharwad in north
Karnataka, though it emerged as the single largest party.
Shettar claimed the results cannot be taken as a pointer to the
outcome of the assembly polls due in two months.
The Congress said the results showed that people had "rejected"
the "corrupt" BJP rule and desire a change.
The JD-S said its performance had disproved assertions by rivals
that the party would be wiped out.
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