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Vadodara election shock: Congress loses bastion in Ward 1 as rebel, BJP candidates script upset
April 28, 2026 3:13 pm
The Vadodara unit of the Congress had fielded three women from Ward 1, dropping Harish Patel. The move failed to pay off as Patel contested as an Independent and won.
Amid heat wave, 49% turnout in Gujarat local body polls
April 27, 2026 3:33 pm
Percentage lower in urban areas but highest turnout in municipal corporations in three previous elections
Gujarat local body polls in 15 civic bodies, 84 municipalities likely to be announced next month
March 24, 2026 12:51 pm
On the basis of the draft voter list, objections and claims will be accepted till March 27 and the final list will be announced. Normally, a period of ten days is required after the draft voter list and the declaration of elections.
Gujarat: Despite rebels, BJP wins big in Valsad
February 19, 2025 3:56 am
In Dharampur municipality, four BJP rebels won as independent candidates on four seats
Voting underway for local body elections in Gujarat
February 16, 2025 12:46 pm
This is the first electoral contest for local bodies where 27 per cent seats in panchayats, municipalities and civic corporations have been reserved for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs), as per the Gujarat government's decision in 2023.
Over 1,800 seats in local bodies across Gujarat to go to vote today
February 16, 2025 1:50 am
According to a release from the State Election Commission (SEC), candidates of 213 seats across bodies had been declared uncontested
Gujarat: Local body polls on February 16, counting on Feb 18; MCC in place
January 22, 2025 1:48 am
There will be 4,390 polling booths, the SEC said, adding that the number may vary. The elections, to be held using EVMs, will require 8,351 ballot units and 5,696 central units.
BJP returns to Saurashtra-Kutch winning all 12 district panchayats
March 03, 2021 4:04 am
This is a huge comeback for the saffron party which had lost nine of these district panchayats, except Kutch and Porbandar, to Congress in 2015. The BJP had managed to win only two out of 34 seats in Rajkot district panchayat in 2015.
Congress MLA, BTP leader among big names who lost
March 03, 2021 3:47 am
In Bharuch district panchayat, five-time elected representative Anil Bhagat, who is a close aide of BTP supremo Chhotu Vasava, lost from Walia seat as a BTP candidate.
BTP wiped out along with Congress in tribal districts
March 03, 2021 4:04 am
The BJP, which recorded a landslide win in Narmada district — a Congress bastion in the local body polls, wiped out the Congress and BTP in the district panchayat as well as five taluka panchayats.
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