Bareilly. BJP candidate and outgoing mayor Dr. Umesh Gautam not only failed to save his seat on the mayor seat of Bareilly Municipal Corporation, he defeated his nearest rival SP-backed independent candidate Dr. Iqbal Singh Tomar alias IS Tomar by a huge margin of 54782 and proved that the public supports him. is with. BJP candidate got 156222 votes. On the other hand IS Tomar got 101440 votes. From here Congress fielded Dr. KB Tripathi and BSP fielded Muhammad Yusuf Jari Wale, but he was nowhere to be seen in the contest. Dr. Umesh Gautam also broke the myth that low voter turnout is a danger bell for BJP. Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh witnessed the lowest voter turnout in the history of municipal elections on Thursday.
See who got how many votes here
Blow to SP, former mayor lost badly in comparison to 2017
In Bareilly Municipal Corporation only 40.99 percent i.e. out of 8,47,890 voters, only 3,47,548 voters voted. It was about 5 percent less than in 2017. BJP’s Umesh Gautam got 139006 votes in 2017 elections. He defeated former Mayor Dr. by 12757 votes. IS Tomar was defeated. Tomar was second by getting 126249 votes. Even at that time SP had supported him. Mohammad Yusuf of BSP got 19017 votes and Ajay Shukla of Congress got 21295 votes. BJP candidate then Mayor Dr. IS Tomar.
Split of valid votes among candidates in 2017 for Mayor
Winner (40.73%)
Closest competitor (36.99%)
Bail forfeited (21.8%)
NOTA (0.48%)
Percentage of total valid votes received by candidates for mayor in 2017 relative to voters
Winner (18.26%)
Closest competitor (16.62%)
All other candidates (9.79%)
Absentee Voters (55.17%)
NOTA (0.48%)
