BJP wins Gandhinagar, 2 other civic bodies; Cong wins 1

In the meantime, the Congress occasion has bagged the Bhanvad municipality in Devbhumi-Dwarka district from the saffron occasion. 

The counting of votes for Gandhinagar civic physique ballot was performed on Tuesday. A complete of 162 candidates had been within the fray for the 44 seats throughout 11 wards in GMC.

This was the primary main election after Bhupendra Patel took cost because the chief minister of Gujarat.

The BJP has been in energy within the civic physique, whereas Aam Aadmi Celebration can be contesting within the elections.

The ballot physique had earlier postponed the election, initially scheduled in April, because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. 

Earlier within the day, the BJP supporters had been seen celebrating because the occasion was main the Gandhinagar civic polls.

The GMC ballot was being seen as a litmus check for the BJP within the backdrop of its sudden and shocking determination to alter the state’s chief minister and your entire cupboard just lately, forward of the state Meeting polls due subsequent 12 months. 

The occasion had registered a thumping win within the native our bodies polls held in February this 12 months. As per the ultimate tally launched by the State Election Fee (SEC), out of whole 44 seats within the GMC, the BJP gained 41 seats, the Congress-two and the AAP bagged one seat. 

Counting of votes was additionally held for 3 different municipalities – Okha and Bhanvad in Devbhumi-Dwarka district, and Thara municipality of Banaskantha district. As per the ultimate figures launched by the SEC after counting of votes, the BJP gained 20 out of 24 seats in Thara, whereas the Congress bought solely 4 seats. 

The BJP retained Okha municipality by profitable 34 out of 36 seats, whereas two seats went to the Congress. Nonetheless, in a setback to the BJP, the Congress emerged victorious in Bhanvad by profitable 16 out of 24 seats. 

The BJP, which managed to win solely eight seats this time, was in energy in Bhanvad since 1995. Voting for elections to the GMC and the three different municipalities passed off on Sunday. 

In addition to, bypolls to elect representatives on 104 vacant seats of varied different native our bodies had been additionally held the identical day. Of the overall 2.8 lakh registered voters in Gandhinagar, 56.24 per cent had exercised their franchise. 

The voter turnout in Okha and Bhanvad was 55.07 and 62.27 per cent, respectively, whereas Thara had recorded a formidable 73.55 per cent turnout. In Gandhinagar, the Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) had put in a concerted effort other than conventional rivals BJP and Congress. 

A complete of 161 candidates contested the GMC ballot, with the BJP and Congress preventing in all 44 seats and the AAP in 40 seats. Within the 2016 GMC elections, each the Congress and BJP gained 16 seats every out of the overall 32 seats current at the moment. 

Each the events then had equal possibilities of forming the board by means of a draw of tons. Nonetheless, on the final second, Congress corporator Pravin Patel switched sides and helped the BJP come to energy within the civic physique. 

The most recent election was initially presupposed to be held in April this 12 months, but it surely was postponed in view of the excessive variety of COVID-19 circumstances rising day-after-day at the moment.

With company inputs