Chapra Mayor Election Result: Lakshmi Narayan Gupta Registers Landslide Victory In Civic Body Polls
Chapra Mayor Election Result: Lakshmi Narayan Gupta Registers Landslide Victory In Civic Body Polls
Lakshmi Narayan Gupta was elected as the new Mayor of Chapra Municipal Corporation. The results of the Chapra Mayor elections were announced on Wednesday after 14 rounds of counting at the district school campus after which Gupta was announced winner, who defeated incumbent mayor Sunita Devi with a margin of over 1,000 votes.
Lakshmi Narayan Gupta trailed behind Sunita Devi and other candidates in the first round, but gained momentum in the subsequent rounds, securing 17,456 votes while Sunita Devi, who was the incumbent mayor, got 10,797 votes.
Chapra Municipal Corporation Election Result Declared
Lakshmi Narayan Gupta – 17,456
Mintu Singh – 11,999
Md. Rafiq Iqbal – 10,976
Sunita Devi – 10,797
The counting process, which started at 8:00 am, was conducted in tight security. The counting was monitored with CCTV and videographed by the election commission. Only the candidates and their agents were allowed to enter the counting centre after a thorough checking. Heavy security forces and police personnel were also deployed at the main gate and around the counting venue, where section 144 was imposed.