New Delhi: The counting of votes for the 2252 wards in seven municipal corporations in Punjab, namely, Bathinda, Abohar, Batala, Moga, Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur and Pathankot and 109 municipal councils and nagar panchayats began at 8 am today.
In Jagraon, Congress won 12 seats, Independent three and SAD one. Congress won 49 of 50 wards in Abohar. It was first election in Abohar as corporation.
An update from Jalalabad said Congress won 11 wards, SAD five and AAP one. Congress won in three wards in Khanna, Independent one.
A total of 9,222 candidates have contested the elections, which saw 71 per cent voting being recorded in 117 municipal bodies on Sunday. Three booths in Patran and Samana also had re-polling on Tuesday.