Gandhinagar: Counting is underway across Gujarat for elections of district and taluka panchayats and municipalities. The massive phase-2 of local polls covered over 2.5 crore voters of the State.

In initial trends and leads, BJP’s performance is far ahead of rival Congress and other small parties, continuing the momentum of victory on all Lok Sabha seats in 2019, all 8 assembly seats that went to by-polls last year, victory on two additional Rajya Sabha seats and recent grand victory in all six municipal corporations last week.

Ruling BJP is certain to achieve major gains in local polls this time, as the last local polls in 2015 took place in a special situation, on the backdrop of Patidar quota agitation and related violence, and therefore Congress had won 10 municipalities, 23 district panchayats and 132 taluka panchayats, up from 6 municipalities, 1 district panchayat and 39 taluka panchayats in 2010.

Gujarat local polls,
State party position,

At 1 pm

Taluka Panchayats
BJP: 1036,
Congress: 388,
Independents: 26,
Others: 02

District Panchayats
BJP: 246,
Congress: 55,
Independent: 01,
Others 01

Municipalities
BJP 803,
Congress 159,
Independents 43,
Others 7

At 2 PM

Gujarat local polls,
State party position,
at 2 pm,

Taluka Panchayats,
BJP 1636,
Congress 625,
Independents 51,
Others 27

District Panchayats,
BJP 382,
Congress 84,
Independent 01,
Others 03

Municipalities,
BJP 1182,
Congress 214,
Independents 73,
Others 14

At 3.00 pm

Gujarat District Panchayat election results: BJP crosses half mark in Kutch, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Porbandar, Junagadh, Amreli, Anand, Panchmahal, Vadodara, Narmada, Navsari, Surat, Tapi, Devbhumi Dwarka, Morbi, Gir Somnath, Botad, Arvalli, Chhota Udepur, Mahisagar

At 3.30 pm BJP crosses half mark in following municipalities:

Padra, Savli, Vyara, Limbdi (all seats), Surendranagar, Chotila, Patadi (all seats with BJP), Kadodara, Bardoli, Tarsadi (all) , Himmatnagar, Gondal (all seats 39 won 5 uncontested), Porbandar-Chhaya, Patan, Sidhpur, Shahera, Navsari, Gandevi (all seats with BJP), Rajpipla, Morbi (all seats with BJP), Kadi (only 1 to Congress), Kathlal, Anjar, Bhuj, Gandhidham, Mandvi, Mundra-Baroi, Una, Veraval-Patan, Sutrapada, Talala (all seats with BJP), Dehgam, Kalol, Khambhaliya, Barvala, Palitana, Valbhipur, Jambusar, Deesa, Palanpur, Bhabhar, Umreth, Petlad, Borsad, Sojitra, Amreli, Bagasara, Savarkundla, Babara, Damnagar, Viramgam, Bareja(total 52 municipalities set to be ruled by BJP).

Congress crosses half mark

Maliya Miyana (all seats with Congress)

Equal seats won by both parties

Kanjari BJP Congress equal 2 (12-12)