BJP retains Bengaluru Municipal Corporation in Congress-ruled Karnataka
The BJP has won 100 of the BBMP's 198 wards, the Congress 76 and the Janata Dal (Secular) 14.
This is the third big victory for the BJP this month after it won civic elections in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
"After MP & Rajasthan, BBMP poll results complete a hat-trick of wins for BJP. This is a win for politics of development & good governance," tweeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi as his party celebrates in Bengaluru.
In 2010, the BJP, at that time in power in Karnataka, had won control of the BBMP for the first time, winning 111 wards. The Congress had won 66.
In 2013 the BJP lost the state's power to the Congress. The BBMC victory is thus considered to be a moral booster for the party.
For the first time, 50 per cent seats were reserved for first women candidates in the high-stake Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike or BBMP elections.
The election witnessed less than 50 per cent voter turnout on Saturday.
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