West Bengal Election 2021 Krishnaganj Assembly

Gujarat Municipal Election Results 2021

Congress, the main opposition party, won only 55 seats in the 6 local bodies. He had won 176 seats in the 2016 elections

On Tuesday, the BJP swept six municipal corporations in Gujarat by winning 483 out of 576 seats, while Congress, the main opposition party in the state, lost considerable ground to new members of the Aam Aadmi Party. and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen.

The ruling party retained power in the six municipal corporations of the state: Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Jamnagar and Bhavnagar. The elections had been held on February 21.

Congress took a beating as it won only 55 seats and was unable to even open its account in Surat.

On the other hand, the AAP put on an impressive show by winning 27 seats, all in Surat, and emerged as the main opposition in the Surat Municipal Corporation.

The AAP had for the first time presented 470 candidates in the six corporations. The BJP won 159 of 192 seats in Ahmedabad, 68 of 72 seats in Rajkot, 50 of 64 seats in Jamnagar, 44 of 52 seats in Bhavnagar, 69 of 76 seats in Vadodara and 93 of 120 seats in Surat. .

Congress, on the other hand, won single-digit seats in three corporations and went blank in Surat. The party won 25 seats in Ahmedabad, four in Rajkot,
11 in Jamnagar, eight in Bhavnagar, and seven in Vadodara.

Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM, which also contested local body polls in Gujarat for the first time, won seven seats in Ahmedabad’s Muslim-dominated Jamalpur and Maktampura districts.

Three candidates from the Bahujan Samaj Party won in Jamnagar, while an independent candidate won only in Ahmedabad.

A total of 192 seats in Ahmedabad, 72 in Rajkot, 64 in Jamnagar, 52 in Bhavnagar, 76 in Vadodara, and 120 in Surat were up for grabs.

The BJP had won 389 seats and Congress 176 in these six municipal corporations in the 2016 elections. The saffron party won 94 seats while Congress lost
121 seats this time.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called the victory “very special” and said that for a party that has been serving in a state for more than two decades registering such a phenomenal victory is noteworthy.

He said that the results of the municipal elections clearly show the unshakable faith that the people have in development policies and good governance.

Interior Minister Amit Shah said: “The municipal corporation survey results show that Gujarat has once again established itself as the stronghold of BJP. BJP continues to carry out the ‘vikas yatra’ initiated under Modi Ji’s leadership. Today’s results are one of the best results in Gujarat. ”

Senior Minister Vijay Rupani and Senior Deputy Minister Nitin Patel expressed their gratitude to the voters and BJP workers for the results.

“The great victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the elections of six municipal corporations is the victory of the people of Gujarat.” This is a great victory for development policy started by the Honorable Prime Minister @narendramodi, “Rupani tweeted in Gujarati.

The people of Gujarat have provided “a topic” for political analysts who can study how the concept of anti-incumbency does not apply in the state, he said.

“Many thanks and congratulations to all the winning candidates, BJP officials, workers and voters of Gujarat for the glorious victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the elections,” Nitin Patel tweeted.

Celebrations were also taking place at the AAP camp.

Delhi Prime Minister and AAP coordinator Arvind Kejriwal announced that he will be touring Surat on February 26, where his party made impressive gains in civic body polls.

In a tweet in Hindi, the head of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) thanked the people of Gujarat for ushering in an era of “new politics” in the state.

He added that the people of Gujarat have voted for labor policy because they are fed up with the politics of the BJP and Congress.

“The people of Gujarat wanted an alternative and the AAP has emerged as a key alternative to the current parties. Now the next Assembly elections will be disputed between the Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP,” the prime minister said.

His deputy Manish Sisodia also took to Twitter, saying: “The kind of love and support that the people of Gujarat have shown, sincere thanks to every voter. We will all work together to achieve.”kam ki rajneeti‘(labor policy) “.

“We will raise public issues in the streets and in the Assembly. The people of Surat have done a great job. The people of Gujarat are upset with the BJP, they do not trust the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party has emerged as their only hope.” it said in a statement.

AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi addressed a public meeting in Gujarat’s Godhra and Modasa.

Meanwhile, there was no official statement from the national leaders of Congress at the time of writing.

Hours earlier, congressional cadres had stormed the counting center in Surat, according to News18 Gujarat. The party had alleged that the seals on the EVM machines were broken in hall 26 of Godadra Dindoli in Surat. The machines were also alleged to have been replaced.

In another incident, congressional workers angered that the party did not win a single seat in Surat, created a scandal in the city office. They burned the effigies of the city leaders of the Congress Babu Raika and Kadir Pirzada, News18 reported.