Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday registered a massive victory in zila panchayat chairman posts elections by winning 65 seats out of a total of 75.
While, Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party (SP) has managed to get just six seats and others won only four.
The State Election Commission said that the polling on 53 seats began at 11 am on Saturday and continued till 3 pm and the counting of votes began right after that.
Chairpersons of 22 zila panchayats in 22 districts of Uttar Pradesh were declared elected unopposed on Tuesday.
Of these, the BJP won 21 seats, while the Samajwadi Party grabbed one seat in Etawah.
The poll panel did not announce the party affiliation of the winning candidates but the BJP later claimed victory over 21 seats and the SP over one seat of the Etawah district.
Ahead of crucial Uttar Pradesh assembly elections next year, this election was seen as a litmus test for political parties to see the ground reality among the voters.