Gandhinagar civic polls: BJP wins 41 out of 44 seats

Ahead of the all-important meeting elections early subsequent yr, the incumbent BJP has received over 41 of the whole 44 seats of the Gandhinagar municipal company that went to the polls on October 3. The Congress get together has managed to win 2 seats whereas the brand new entrant AAP has bagged only one seat.
This is the primary time that the BJP has managed to get a full majority after Gandhinagar obtained Municipal Corporation standing in 2010. The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party, which had been fairly optimistic going into the polls, had an embarrassing outing because it had a dismal efficiency, successful simply 1 of the whole 44 seats.
As the ballot outcomes hinted in the direction of a full majority of the BJP in Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation, employees of the saffron get together hit the streets in celebrations.
#Gujarat : BJP employees & supporters had been seen celebrating because the get together leads in Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation elections#Gandhinagarelection #GandhinagarMunicipalElection pic.twitter.com/YHCgRsyWl5— TOI Ahmedabad (@TOIAhmedabad) October 5, 2021
A complete of 162 candidates had been within the fray for the 44 seats throughout 11 wards in GMC. With the entry of AAP, the elections had change into a three-pronged battle. The BJP and the Congress get together had fielded candidates on all 44 seats whereas the AAP had chosen candidates for 40 seats. Besides, different candidates contesting the polls included 14 from the BSP, two from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), six from different events and 11 independents.
The polling had taken place on Sunday, October 3. A complete of two.82 lakhs—1.45 lakh males and 1.36 lakh females—had been anticipated to forged votes within the polls. About 284 polling cubicles had been put in by the SEC and 129 of them had been marked as ‘sensitive’.
Along with the GMC, elections had been additionally carried out in two Nagar Palika–Tharad in Banaskantha and Okha in Devbhumi Dwarka–and mid-term elections to Bhanvad Nagar Palika in Devbhumi Dwarka. The three Nagar Palika witnessed an estimated common of 59.52 per cent voting.