India, March 13 -- Gurugram

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept the civic body polls in Haryana, securing wins in nine of 10 centres, including Gurugram, failing only in its bid in Manesar, which went to polls for the first time. Significantly, both Gurugram and Manesar elected women mayors.

BJP's Raj Rani Malhotra won the Gurugram mayoral election by a margin of 179,485 votes. She secured 270,781 votes, beating out Congress candidate Seema Pahuja, who secured 91,296 votes. Independent candidate Dr Inderjit Yadav won the Manesar mayoral polls by 2,293 votes. She secured 26,393 votes, defeating BJP's Sunder Lal Yadav, who secured 24,100 votes.

While the BJP won the civic body polls in Ambala, Gurugram, Hisar, Karnal, Rohtak, Faridaba...