In the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Local Body Election results BJP candidate Mridula Jaiswal won the majority of the votes with 42.53% of the votes.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the election by an overwhelming three-quarter majority of 325 seats despite not projecting a chief ministerial candidate before the election. On 18 March 2017, Adityanath Yogi was appointed as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. 
