Surat: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) registered a sweeping victory in the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) elections, winning 115 out of 120 seats and reinforcing its three-decade dominance in the city. The scale of the mandate left the opposition with minimal presence. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which had emerged as a key challenger in 2021 with 27 seats, saw its tally drop sharply to just four seats. The Indian National Congress (Congress) managed to secure only one seat. Voter turnout st...Read More

Vadodara: The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) election results saw the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) retain its dominance with 69 seats, while the Indian National Congress (Congress) was reduced to just six seats, despite limited gains in a few wards. The BJP’s comfortable majority was on expected lines. The party had already secured two seats unopposed after Congress candidates withdrew their nominations. Its stronghold was evident as full BJP panels swept 15 wards. Although the BJP los...Read More

Japan K Pathak, Gandhinagar: Out of total 9,999 seats that were up for polls in Gujarat local body elections 2026(including local by by-polls), the ruling BJP won 7,501 seats which is 75.02% domination on the results. The main opposition Congress party could win 1,740 of 9,999 seats meaning 17.40% seats won. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) didn't match the hype and won 490 or 4.90% seats, which is less than even 5%. DeshGujarat  Read More

Japan K Pathak, Gandhinagar: Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has achieved 52.51% vote share in Municipality elections, also known as Nagarpalika polls. The party had got 52.52% vote share in 2021 polls in Municipal elections. Thus the party has maintained its vote share. Among oppositions, Congress has got 30.68% vote share in 2026, which is little more than  28.98% in 2021. AAP has 4.49% vote share in 2026 which is similar to 4.14% in 2021. AIMIM has increased its vote share from 0.70% ...Read More

Japan K Pathak, Gandhinagar: Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) achieved 52.23% vote share in District Panchayat elections in 2026, which is similar to 52.88% votes share it enjoyed in 2021 local polls, which was up from 45.42% in 2015 local polls(post Patidar quota agitation). The main opposition Congress party's vote share however is down from around 38% to around 33% between 2021 and 2026. AAP vote share has gone up from 2.59% to 12.4% between 2021 and 2026. If you look at the seats won...Read More

Gandhinagar: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has registered a massive win across the Gujarat local polls, winning 33 out of 34 district panchayats that went to polls, according to data released by the State Election Commission on counting day today. Out of the 34, Narmada is the lone district panchayat that the BJP lost to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). While counting is still ongoing on some seats, the BJP has delivered sweeping victories across key district panchayats, including: Kac...Read More

Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s sweeping victory in the Gujarat local body elections, saying the mandate reflects the people’s continued faith in the party’s governance model. Taking to social media platform X (formerly Twitter), the Prime Minister said, “The bond between Gujarat and the BJP gets even stronger! Gratitude to the people of Gujarat for a sweeping mandate in the Mahanagarpalika, Nagarpalika, Taluka Panchayat and Z...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has registered a thumping victory in the 2026 Gujarat local body elections, winning control of all 15 municipal corporations that went to polls. According to the consolidated results, BJP secured an overwhelming majority in key civic bodies including Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, and Jamnagar, among others. The party not only crossed the halfway mark comfortably in every corporation but also recorded several landslide victories, with multiple se...Read More

Surat: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has retained control of the Surat Municipal Corporation with a thumping majority. As counting for 116 seats was completed at the time of writing, BJP secured victory in 111 of them, while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won 4 seats and the Indian National Congress (Congress) managed to win just 1 seat so far. The only remaining ward where counting is still underway is Katargam, as of 5 pm, according to the latest update from the State Election Commission websit...Read More