Local body elections in Gujarat in February 2021

Gandhinagar: General elections for 6 municipal corporations, 81 municipalities, 31 district panchayats and 231 taluka panchayats across Gujarat will be held in February 2021, the State Election Commission said today in a note. By-polls for vacant seats in other local bodies will also be held with that. This will be the biggest election season after Lok Sabha and Assembly general elections. The local elections were to be held in the last quarter of 2020, but due to Covid19 pandemic these large scale elections involving crores of voters were postponed for the first quarter of calendar year 2021.