UP Nikay Chunav 2023: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday (May 13) that the BJP’s victory in the Uttar Pradesh Nikay Chunav (UP Local Body Polls) demonstrates people’s support for the state’s “unprecedented” development under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s leadership. PM Modi also congratulated Uttar Pradesh BJP workers and candidates on their “stupendous win” on Twitter.

The ruling BJP won mayoral elections in 10 of the 17 municipal corporations in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, effectively adding a third engine to its “double-engine” government.

निकाय चुनावों में इस शानदार विजय के लिए @BJP4UP के सभी कार्यकर्ताओं और उम्मीदवारों को बहुत-बहुत बधाई। यह सफलता @myogiadityanath जी के नेतृत्व में प्रदेश में हो रहे अभूतपूर्व विकास को लेकर जन-जन के समर्थन को अभिव्यक्त करती है। https://t.co/5hPPlzJaES

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 13, 2023

The municipal elections were held in two stages, on May 4 and May 11, to elect 17 mayors and 1,401 corporators. According to the State Election Commission, nineteen corporators were elected unopposed.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath wrote on Twitter in Hindi, “Hearty congratulations to all the dedicated and hardworking BJP workers and the people of Uttar Pradesh who love good governance on the BJP’s massive victory in the Uttar Pradesh municipal elections.” This massive victory reflects the successful leadership of respected Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji, as well as widespread public trust in the double-engine government’s pro-people, developmental, and all-inclusive policies”.

उत्तर प्रदेश नगर निकाय चुनाव में भारतीय जनता पार्टी की प्रचंड विजय पर @BJP4UP के सभी समर्पित व कर्मठ कार्यकर्ताओं एवं सुशासन प्रिय उत्तर प्रदेश वासियों को हार्दिक बधाई!

यह विराट विजय आदरणीय प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी के यशस्वी मार्गदर्शन एवं डबल इंजन सरकार की जनपक्षीय,…

— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) May 13, 2023

Voting was also held to elect 198 chairpersons and 5,260 members of nagar palika parishads, 542 chairpersons and 7,104 members of Nagar panchayats, and 542 chairpersons and 7,104 members of Nagar panchayats. In total, 162 public representatives were elected unopposed, despite the fact that there were 83,378 candidates running for 14,522 positions.

There were three phases in the previous urban local body elections in 2017, and the overall voter turnout was 53%. The BJP had won 14 of the 16 municipal corporations, while the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) had won the remaining two, Meerut and Aligarh.