Maintaining its lead through the vote count, the Congress has won 562 seats in Karnataka's 63 urban local bodies, leaving behind the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with 406 and the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) 202, according to a senior poll official here on Monday. "Of the 1,361 seats in 63 urban local bodies, the Congress won 562, the BJP 406, the JD-S 202, Independents 178 and others 13," state Election Commissioner P.N. Srinivasachari told IANS.
Though elections to 63 urban local bodies in 22 of the 30 districts were held on May 29, results of Bengaluru Rural and Shivamoga districts were withheld on May 31 due to a court stay on declaration of the outcome.