This time in the local body elections held in Uttar Pradesh, all political parties have raised their own candidates. This is the first time that candidates are contesting on election symbols of their political parties in the local body elections. In the elections of the local body, BJP’s alliance has always been huge, whether it is Municipal Corporation, Municipality or a Nagar Panchayat. In most municipal corporations, the Mayor is from the BJP and more than 50 per cent of the municipalities and Nagar Panchayats have the BJP- backed candidate on the post of the President.