Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has managed to make its presence felt in the Haryana Panchayat Election.
The AAP claimed victory over 15 seats of zila parishads in districts including Sirsa, Ambala, Yamunanagar and Jind. The AAP had contested around 100 seats of zila parishads.
The results of Haryana Panchayat polls were declared on Sunday. The notification of the names of all the elected candidates will be duly issued in the Haryana state government gazette before November 30, a senior poll official said.
The ruling BJP won 22 out of 102 seats of zila parishad it contested in seven districts including Ambala, Yamunanagar and Gurugram, according to a party leader. However, the party received a jolt in Panchkula where it lost 10 seats of zila parishads.
The Aam Aadmi party managed to make its presence felt in the panchayat polls as it claimed victory over 15 seats of zila parishads in districts including Sirsa, Ambala, Yamunanagar and Jind. The AAP had contested around 100 seats of zila parishads.
The Indian National Lok Dal, which contested 72 seats of zila parishads, registered victory over 14 seats in the polls. The Congress did not contest the panchayat polls on its party symbol.
The elections to 143 panchayat samitis and 22 zila parishads were held in three phases. Haryana has 22 zila parishads comprising 411 members. The members will in turn elect the 22 zila parishad chiefs.
The state has 143 panchayat samitis, comprising 3,081 members who will further elect their respective presidents.
The counting of votes for panchayat samiti and zila parishad polls began at 8 am amid tight security arrangements at the counting centres. However, the dashboard of the state election commission, showing the poll results, developed a technical snag in the afternoon.
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