NAINITAL: In a major jolt to BJP, Congress won the Chairmanship of Champawat Nagar Palike in the Urban Local Bodies (ULB) elections held in Uttarakhand Vijay Verma of Congress got 1315 votes, while an Independent candidate Prakash Pandey got 914 votes. BJP secured third position with 904 votes.Independent candidate Anuj Gupta leading in Mussoorie.Meanwhile controversial BJP MLA from Mussoorie, Ganesh Joshi, roughed up by Congress workers when he tried to enter a counting centre in Dehradun.According to reports, Joshi was trying to forcefully enter the centre but Congress workers protested saying that no government representative will be allowed inside the centre.According to the counting trends till noon, BJP candidate Sunil Uniyal Gama is ahead in the race for mayor's seat in Dehradun.In Nainital, Sachin Negi, candidate for chairman, is leading by 517 votesIn Bering Nagar panchayat of Pithoragarh district, Hem Pant, an independent candidate, has won from his nearest BJP rival candidate Mahesh Pant.In Rishikesh, BJP candidate Anita Mamgai was ahead with 3195 votes. Veena Sharma, an Independent candidate, was second and Congress candidate Laxmi Sajwan was third. Counting of votes for the Urban Local Bodies in Uttarakhand began on Tuesday.The polling for the Urban Local Bodies (ULB) elections on Sunday saw a record turnout with most districts recording over 60% turnout. Voters came out in large numbers and exercised their franchise to elect members of the 84 urban bodies that went to polls in the state.Barring few minor incidents, no clashes or untoward incident was reported during polling.There were 23.53 lakh voters — 12.20 lakh male and 11.33 lakh females — in the 84 urban local bodies across Uttarakhand. This was for the first time that Rishikesh and Kotdwar witnessed mayoral polls. While the BJP is eyeing to strengthen its vote base by repeating the performance of Lok Sabha and assembly polls, the opposition Congress is looking to make a strong comeback through the ULB polls.Following printing error in the ballot papers, the polling for three booths of ward number 31 in Kashipur was held on Monday.The state saw a record voter turnout. While Almora registered 58.82% polling, Champawat had 72.21% turnout each. Nainital recorded 65.79%, Bageshwar had 70.02% polling, Chamoli recorded 65.79% turnout, Tehri was at 66.01%, Rudraprayag recorded 66.64%, of Pithoragarh was at 63.86%, Uttarkashi recorded 66.84% and Pauri recorded 70.04% turnout.

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