BJP set for massive win in Haryana civic polls, 9 of 10 mayor candidates leading

In Ambala, BJP candidate Shailja Sachdeva secured the mayoral seat by defeating Congress’s Amisha Chawla with a margin of 20,487 votes. The bypoll was necessitated after former mayor Shakti Rani Sharma was elected as a BJP MLA from Kalka.

In Karnal, Union minister and former chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s close aide, Renu Bala Gupta, won for the third consecutive time. She defeated Congress’s Manoj Kumar Wadhwa by 25,359 votes.

Panipat, which falls under Khattar’s parliamentary constituency, saw BJP’s Komal Saini securing a landslide victory with a margin of 1.23 lakh votes over Congress candidate Savita Garg. Meanwhile, in Yamunanagar, BJP’s Suman triumphed over Congress’s Kirana Devi by 73,319 votes.