India, March 13 -- Gurugram

In an upset to the overall municipal body polling trends, voters in Manesar opted for independent candidate Dr Indrajit Yadav as their mayor and chose independents as their councillors in 13 of 20 wards in the first-ever elections held to the Manesar Municipal Corporation since its inception in 2020.

The Congress failed to win a single seat, with its mayoral candidate Neeraj Yadav finishing fourth in the polling. 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. Another independent, Dr Vijay Singh from Wazirpur, clocked 9,163 votes.

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