Odisha Urban Local Body Election Result 2022: BJD Wins 95 Of 108 Municipalities

The Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) won a historic victory in the Urban Local Body (ULB) elections in Odisha where the party clinched 95 out of 108 urban local body councils.

Odisha Urban Local Body Elections Result 2022: The Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) registered a historic victory in the Urban Local Body (ULB) elections in Odisha where the party clinched 95 out of 108 municipalities .

Out of the 108 ULBs (Municipal Corporations/ Municipalities/ NACs) for which the votes were counted today (March 26), the BJD got majority in 95 ULB councils while BJP won six and Congress won four and Independents in three councils.

For the first time, the BJD has won around 90 per cent Councils, BJP got only 5.5 per cent Councils, Congress at 3.5 per cent and Independents at about three per cent. This is in continuation to the 90 per cent seats won by the BJD in the recently concluded Zilla Parishad elections.

The BJD has also registered massive victories in the three Municipal Corporations of Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Berhampur.

Out of the 3 newly elected BJD Mayors, two of them are women for Bhubaneswar and Berhampur Municipal Corporations.