Independents win 20, BJP 14, INLD 1 out of 35 seats in GMC Polls

NEW DELHI (INDIA):Bagging 20 out of 35 seats, the independent candidates stood out in the Gurugram Municipal Corporation (GMC) Election.nnBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) followed the lead by winning 14 out of 35 wards, whereas the Indian National Lok Dal (INDL) won only 1 seat.nnThe polling began earlier on Sunday with reportedly 55.7 percent voters turning up to elect their next municipal mayor.nnNOTA (None of the Above) option was available for the first time in the MCG polls in Gurugram.nnThe Congress was not part of the elections. Three of the victorious Independent candidates were backed by the Congress while Indian National Lok Dal backed two candidates.nnElections are taking place after 6 years in Gurugram. In 2011, BJP had won just 3 seats while independent candidates had won 26 seats.nnOf the 15 women candidates who were elected, 10 were independents, while five were from the BJP.nnThere are a total 5,58,884 voters in Gurgaon out of which 2,76,420 cast their votes at 546 polling booths.nnHere is the full list of winnersnWard 1: Mithilesh, IndependentnWard 2: Shakuntala Yadav, BJPnWard 3: Ravinder Yadav, BJPnWard 4: Virender Raj Yadav, INLDnWard 5: Rimple Yadav, BJPnWard 6: Anoop Singh, BJPnWard 7: Madhu Azad, BJPnWard 8: Dinesh Saini, IndependentnWard 9: Pramila Kablana, IndependentnWard 10: Sheetal Bagri, IndependentnWard 11: Yogender Singh, BJPnWard 12: Naveen, IndependentnWard 13: Brahmprakash, BJPnWard 14: Sanjay Pradhan, IndependentnWard 15: Seema Pahuja, IndependentnWard 16: Madhu Batra, IndependentnWard 17: Rajni, IndependentnWard 18: Subhash Singla, BJPnWard 19: Ashwani Sharma, IndependentnWard 20: Kapil Dua, BJPnWard 21: Dharambir, IndependentnWard 22: Sunita Yadav, IndependentnWard 23: Ashwani Sharma, BJPnWard 24: Sunil Kumar, IndependentnWard 25: Subhash Singh, BJPnWard 26: Praveen Lata, IndependentnWard 27: Sudesh Rani, IndependentnnWard 28: Hemant Kumar, IndependentnWard 29: Kuldeep Yadav, BJPnWard 30: Mahesh Dayma, IndependentnnWard 31: Kuldeep Singh Bohra, IndependentnWard 32: Arti Yadav, BJPnWard 33: Sunita, BJPnWard 34: R S Rathi, IndependentnWard 35: Kusum Yadav, Independent