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Dehradun: After few initial nail biting twists, Dehradun is set to get its third consecutive mayor from the BJP. The happiness, however, was short lived as once the third round of counting began, Gama started soaring and continued to maintain the lead of at least 9,000 votes.Gama’s victory means that the city will have its third BJP mayor. In 2013, in a board of 60 wards, Congress had just 25 seats while BJP had 33 councillors.If the final results are on the lines of the trends, the DMC may have a BJP mayor but a Congress board. The BJP supporters present at the counting station in Raipur said the city has delivered its mandate and Dehradun is all saffron now. Earlier, BJP’s Vinod Chamoli was the city mayor for two consecutive terms..