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In a large jolt to the Congress, the BJP won the Mandi, Dharamshala, and Solan municipal corp elections. At the aforesaid time, the ruling enactment managed to clasp its mandate successful the Palampur civic body.
The elections to the 4 municipality section bodies were held connected May 17, and the results were declared connected Sunday (May 31, 2026).
The BJP retained the Mandi Municipal Corporation and wrested the Dharamshala and Solan Municipal Corporations from Congress.
Polling was held for a full of 63 seats, and the BJP and Congress bagged 37 and 23 seats respectively successful the contest. Three seats went to Independent candidates. Elections were not held successful Mandi's Behna ward arsenic nary campaigner remained successful the fray.
The BJP won 12 seats successful Mandi, Congress won lone 1 seat, portion 1 spot went to an Independent candidate. In Solan, wherever pollsters were predicting a pugnacious contest, the BJP managed to triumph 10 retired of 17 seats, followed by Congress with six seats, and 1 spot was bagged by an Independent.
In the Dharamshala Municipal Corporation, the BJP won 11 seats, the Congress won 5 seats, and 1 spot went to an Independent. The Congress emerged victorious successful Palampur, retaking power by winning 11 retired of 15 wards, portion the BJP scored triumph successful 4 seats.
Polling was held for 17 wards successful Dharamshala and Solan Municipal Corporations each and 15 wards of Mandi and Palampur.
The highest polling of 68.97% was recorded successful Palampur, followed by 66.78% successful Mandi, 60.01% successful Dharamshala, and 58.3% successful Solan.
Addressing the media successful Shimla, BJP State president Rajiv Bindal said the results from the 4 municipality section bodies intelligibly bespeak that the radical of the State person wholly rejected the Congress Government led by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.
These elections person proved to beryllium a "public referendum" against the State Government's "anti-people policies", wherein the nationalist has expressed its assurance successful favour of the BJP, helium added.
