The urban local body elections held for the first time after Tiptur was converted into a city municipal council saw no clear verdict in favour of any party. The result is there is a hung CMC.

There was a close fight between all the major parties. However, the coalition partners BJP and JD (S) bagged 10 and 11 seats each respectively while Congress managed just 5 seats, JD (UD) 1 and independents 4 in a total of 31 wards.

Winners
The following are the winners: Ward 1 M P Prasanna BJP 636  votes, ward 2 M N Prashant Independent 621, ward 3 Bagepalli Nataraju Cong 411, ward 4 T D Manjula BJP 340, ward 5 Padmamma JD (S) 297, ward 6 T N Prakash JD (S) 647, ward 7 K M Nataraj JD (S) 341, ward 8 M N Yogesh JD (U) 339, ward 9 Bhagya Nandeesh JD (S) 341, ward 10 Vishal Independent 510, ward 11 Renuka Jayaram JD (S) 459, ward 12 G R Manjunath BMP 556, ward 13 R D Babu BJP 388, ward 14 Mamata Dayanand BJP 287, ward 15 C M Saraswahi BJP 363, ward 16 P Hema Cong 367, ward 17 Singri Datta Prasad BJP 295, ward 18 M Nijaguna Independent (supported by BJP) 757, ward 19 M R Girish BJP 239, ward 21 Mohammed Ismail JD (S) 333, ward 22 Mumtaz Begum JD (S) 315, ward 23 Faridabi Cong 460, ward 24 Nazir Khan JD (S) 448, ward 25 T S Srinivas Independent 237, ward 26 Nazeem Pasha Cong 539, ward 27 T D Obalaiah Independent 397, ward 28 Yashodamma BJP 464, ward 29 Mohammad Nasrat JD (S) 333, ward 30 J B Rajashekar JD (S) 557, ward 31 Kempegowda JD (S) 292.

Cong fares badly
The Congress which was in power in the last elections fared miserably and bagged just five seats. Most  of the CMC former presidents, vice presidents and former members have lost. The town municipal council which was upgraded to the city municipal council this time has elected 31 members out of which 24 are new members which is a speciality.

This has reflected the desires of the voters to see new faces in the administration so that they can bring about changes whic in turn will help them.