By-poll for local body seats today in Gujarat

Ahmedabad, 3 December, 2011


Ahmedabad, 4 December, 2011

By-poll for local body seats today in GujaratA mini mid-term/by-poll of more than 100 Municipality and Municipal Corporation seats in Gujarat will be held today by Gujarat Election Commission.

Three Municipalities, Vapi(Valsad district), Kanakpur-Kansad(Surat) and Vanthli(Junagadh) will witness general/mid-term poll. Vapi has 14 wards while Kanakpur-Kansad and Vanthli Municipality are having 7 wards each.

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s Mahavirnagar ward and Vadodara’s ward no. 22 will witness by-election. Mahavirnagar ward is reserved of scheduled cast candidates while Vadodara’s ward no. 22 is reserved for women candidates from open category.

Also Municipality by-elections will be held for Rajkot district(3), Navsari(1), Bharuch(1), Junagadh(5), Kheda(2), Mehsana(1), Bhavnagar(1), Amreli(6), Anand(1), and Jamnagar(2) will be held today.

In photo:KC Kapoor, State Election Commissioner, Gujarat.