Summary:
In 2013, 369 independents won in 690 wards, whereas BJP bagged 180 wards and Congress 135.Political analyst Udit Ghildiyal said that the reason behind the high number of independents winning the ward polls is because personal connect matters in wards. In the last three civic polls, too, more than half of the seats of ward members had been won by independents.Out of a total of 1,064 ward seats, results were declared for 863 wards by 11.12pm. Dehradun: Independent candidates emerged the major winners in wards across Uttarakhand as results of the civic polls started pouring in on Tuesday. Of these, 488 were won by independents, 230 by the BJP and 138 by the Congress. On being denied an opportunity, a good number of them do file their nominations as independents..