Gujarat civic polls: BJP sweeps all 15 corporations, crosses 50% vote share across the board

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) connected Tuesday notched up a sweeping triumph crossed each 15 municipal corporations. In the location turf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union location curate Amit Shah, the saffron enactment crossed the 50% people successful each corporation.Polling for the civic elections was held connected Sunday, covering 15 municipal corporations, 84 municipalities, 34 territory panchayats, and 260 taluka panchayats.Seen arsenic 1 of the largest electoral exercises up of adjacent year’s Assembly elections, the polls spanned astir 9,200 seats and progressive implicit 4.18 crore eligible voters.According to authorities predetermination committee (SEC) data, elector turnout stood astatine 55.1% successful municipal corporations, 65.53% successful municipalities, 66.64% successful territory panchayats, and 67.26% successful taluka panchayats.Among the municipal corporations, the recently formed Gandhidham successful Kutch territory recorded the lowest turnout astatine 46.03%, portion Vapi successful Valsad territory saw the highest astatine 72.29%. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation registered a turnout of 51.81%.Polling was conducted for the archetypal clip successful 9 recently created municipal corporations, including Navsari, Gandhidham, Morbi, Vapi, Anand, Nadiad, Mehsana, Porbandar, and Surendranagar.

The elections were held nether revised norms for Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservations, which necessitated extended delimitation and ward restructuring crossed respective districts.The BJP, Congress, and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) emerged arsenic the main contenders, portion the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) besides fielded candidates successful aggregate constituencies.