- Gujarat
- ACB Gujarat nabs Talati-Mantri in Rs. 40,000 bribery case
- Fire erupts at Commerce House in Prahlad Nagar; over 50 people rescued
- Rainfall likely to continue in Gujarat until May 17th
- 8 drown in Narmada river in Poicha; 1 rescued, search for 7 ongoing
- Angry with God, man sets fire to temple in Jiyana village of Rajkot
- Trip in 66kv line, substation fire cause power outage in Ahmedabad outskirts
- Vasna builder cheats NRI couple; relative files police complaint
- Uproar at Rajkot Airport as IndiGo grounds Mumbai flight
- Drunk man removed from Ahmedabad – bound flight
- Ethiopian expands freighter network in India; adds Ahmedabad as latest destination
- All Stories
Articles tagged under: Municipality polls
BJP wins 99 of 128 seats in Municipality elections across Gujarat
October 05, 2021Gandhinagar: Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has won the election of Thara Municipality in Banaskantha district of North Gujarat. Out of 24 seats of Thara Municipality, 4 were won by BJP uncontested even before polling. 16 seats have been won by BJP after polling. Congress has won 4 seats. In Okha Municipality election in Devbhumi Dwarka district of Saurashtra region, BJP has won 32 out of total 36 seats after polling while 2 were won unopposed. Congress has won 2 seats. In Bhavnad Mun...Read More
BJP office bearers elected to head 49 of 68 municipalities
February 26, 2018
Gandhinagar: According to the State BJP media department, 49 of 75 municipalities that went for polling are now ruled by BJP with appointments of BJP office bearers. 'In last two days, 68 of 75 municipalities witnessed the process of appointment of office bearers, of which 49 have witnessed election of BJP office bearers,' said BJP statement. 'BJP has come to power on its own in 43 municipalities, while in Kaalol, Dhandhuka and Tharad it has been supported by others. There was a situa...Read More
Municipal elections results: BJP alleges Congress of spreading lies
February 19, 2018
Gandhinagar/Ahmedabad: Claiming to have won more seats in the 74 municipalities, counting for which held today, ruling BJP today alleged that unable to digest its defeat Congress was spreading lies about the polls results. Congress on the other hand claimed that it has won in 16 local bodies while in 8 its supported candidates have emerged victorious. It also said that in the last elections the party had won only 12 seats and owing to conspiracies of BJP it was in rule in onl...Read More
BJP set to rule at least 47 municipalities, Congress 16
February 19, 2018
Gandhinagar: According to the State Election Commission, BJP has won 47 municipalities in 75-municipality elections, results of which are declared today. Congress has won 16 municipalities, NCP 1, BSP 1, Independents 4, while 6 municipalities have hung body. Out of total 2,060 seats that went for polling, BJP has won 1167 seats while Congress has won 630 seats followed by independents 202, NCP 28 and BSP 15. Notification had been issued originally for 2,116 seats, of which 52 were won u...Read More
Results of Gujarat Nagarpalika elections 2018 on Monday
February 18, 2018Gandhinagar: Counting of votes for elections of 74 municipalities in Gujarat will take place on Monday, February 19th. As the elections were held through electronic voting machines(EVMs) the results are likely to be clear by or around noon. The polling was actually scheduled for 75 municipalities, but BJP won all seats of Jafrabad municipality unopposed. Therefore polling took place for only 74 municipalities. DeshGujarat Read More
Jafrabad municipality to get Rs 1 crore grant from state govt. for becoming samras: Deputy Collector
February 06, 2018
The Jafrabad Muncipality in Amreli district of Gujarat, which has been clinched unopposed by ruling BJP, creating a history of sorts, will get a grant of Rs one crore from the state government under the Samras scheme. On the last day for withdrawal of names for the seven ward (28 member seats) local body which was earlier also under the rule of BJP, the remaining 5 independent candidates in the ward number 7 today left the fray. With this all the 28 seats have no other candidat...Read More
BJP wins all 28 seats of Jafrabad Municipality unopposed as Congress fails to field candidates, independents withdraw
February 06, 2018BJP wins all 28 seats of Jafrabad Municipality unopposed as Congress fails to field candidates, independents withdraw; local BJP leader Hira Solanki's video with Cheetah goes viral in social media https://t.co/BeveJ9fAkO pic.twitter.com/TQO04PDFRd— DeshGujarat (@DeshGujarat) February 6, 2018 Jafrabad: Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) has created history by winning all 28 seats of Jafrabad municipality unopposed. Coastal town Jafrabad has total 28 seats in local civic body. As ...Read More
General elections of 75 municipalities in Gujarat on February 17
January 23, 2018
Gandhinagar: State Election Commission of Gujarat today announced general elections of 75 municipalities and by-polls in 6 municipalities. As per the scheduled announced, polling will take place on February 17 while counting will take place on February 19. DeshGujarat Read More
