GURUGRAM: Significantly, both Gurugram and Manesar elected women mayors.
There are 890,000 voters in Gurugram. The polling took place on March 2, and saw a voter turnout of 41.8%, and the results were declared on Wednesday. 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. The BJP also won the civic body polls in Ambala, Hisar, Karnal, Rohtak, Faridabad, Yamunanagar, Panipat, and Sonipat.
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