Bengaluru, May 24 : Riding high on its spectacular performance in the Lok Sabha election in Karnataka, the State BJP is expected to out-perform the JD(S) and the Congress in the May 29 elections to over 63 Urban Local bodies in Karnataka.
According to party sources, the saffron party is expected to repeat its Lok Sabha election performances in the Urban Local bodies elections, which include 8 City Municipal Councils, 33 Town Municipal Councils and 22 Town Panchayaths.
The BJP had won 25 out of 28 segments in the recent Lok Sabha election and in Mandya, Sumalatha, supported by the party had also won.
On the same day the State Election Commission is also holding by-elections to two Wards of the Bruhath Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Kaveripura and Sagayapura, to fill the vacancies caused by the death of the incumbent local body members.
The ULB elections will be held in towns in Bengaluru Rural, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Kolar, Chickballapur, Shivamogga, Tumakuru, Mysuru, Chikkamagaluru, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Mandya, Chamarajanagara, Vijayapura, Dharwad, Haveri, Uttara Kannada, Bidar, Ballari and Yadgir districts.
