New Delhi, March 12 -- Haryana Municipal Election Result: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to sweep the Haryana municipal elections, on 12 March, with its mayoral candidates leading in nine of the 10 municipal corporations. In Manesar, Independent candidate Inderjeet Yadav is leading against his rival Sunder Lal of the BJP.

Notably, Congress, dealt with a second defeat in a little over a month, lost Rohtak, the stronghold of Bhupinder Hooda, one of the opposition party's senior-most state leaders.

The tenth seat, Manesar, is witnessing the win of Dr Inderjit Yadav, a rebel BJP leader.

Voting in Faridabad, Hisar, Rohtak, Karnal, and Yamunanagar, as well as Gurugram and Manesar - was on March 2.

By-polls for the mayoral posts in the ...