UP Civic Polls: The Number of Seats BJP Won, According to EC

A calculation of numbers available at the UP EC website suggests the BJP won 184 of the total of 652 local bodies.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, his deputies Dinesh Sharma and Keshav Prasad Maurya and BJP state president Mahendra Nath Pandey celebrate the victory of the party in the state civic body elections.

(Photo: PTI)

A sweep means a party winning much more than 50 percent seats. If we go by this definition, the Bharatiya Janata Party did sweep the mayoral polls, winning 14 of the 16 seats.

But did the party win more than 50 percent seats in urban local bodies across the state? The answer lies in the numbers published by the UP election commission.

But that did not stop some media houses to announce a sweep for the saffron party.

Here's a look at the seats the BJP won, in reality.

(Source: UP State Election Commission)

(Note: It is likely that the BJP would not have contested all seats and would have backed independents)