Gujarat 2021 Municipal Election Results and Vote Counting Live Updates: The first clues have started to arrive. In the 17th district of Rajkot, the BJP-backed panel is currently leading
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Gujarat Municipal Election Results 2021 LATEST news and updates: The first clues have started to arrive. In Rajkot room 17, the BJP-backed panel is currently at the helm, according to News18 Gujarati.
The counting of votes for 575 seats in six Gujarat municipal corporations began at 9 a.m. under tight security and COVID-19
protocols.
The vote count will be held for 575 seats in six Gujarat municipal corporations, the vote of which took place on Sunday today (Tuesday February 23).
The vote counting will be carried out for 192 seats in 48 districts in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, for 120 seats in 30 districts in the Surat Municipal Corporation, 76 seats in 19 districts of the Vadodara Municipal Corporation, for 72 seats in 18 districts in the Rajkot Municipal Corporation, 52 seats in 13 districts of the Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation and 64 seats in 16 districts of the Jamnagar Municipal Corporation.
The State Elections Commission in its statement on Monday said that an average voter turnout of 46.1 percent was recorded in elections to six municipal corporations, with 52.83 lakh of the 1.41 crore of registered voters exercising their right. to vote on Sunday. During the 2015 polls of these six civic organizations, 45.81 percent of the electorate had cast their vote, according to the statement.
According to final figures shared by the SEC, Ahmedabad had the lowest share of 42.5 percent, while Jamnagar recorded the highest share of 53.4 percent. Additionally, Rajkot recorded 50.7 percent of polls, Bhavnagar-49.5 percent, Vadodara-47.8 percent, and Surat-47.1 percent.
Voting took place from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday for a total of 144 districts in six civic bodies amid tight security and monitoring COVID-19 rules. Top BJP leaders including Union Interior Minister Amit Shah, BJP MP Kirit Solanki, MLA Rakesh Shah party, and Gujarat party chief CR Paatil cast their votes on Sunday. Gujarat Prime Minister Vijay Rupani also reportedly cast his vote in Rajkot, hours after testing negative for COVID-19 .
After exercising his right to vote at a voting booth at the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation subdivisional office in Naranpura, Shah expressed his confidence that the BJP will win the municipal elections.
“The BJP has emerged victorious across the country under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. I am confident that Gujarat, from where the BJP’s journey of victory began, will once again establish itself as a stronghold of the BJP,” Shah said.
“I am sure there will be a large number of voters and development will win,” he further said.
According to The Indian ExpressState Elections Commissioner Sanjay Prasad said the vote took place peacefully, without any major adverse incidents.
However, Gujarat’s Congress filed nine complaints with the SEC about alleged discrepancies in the voter list, alleged attempts to intimidate voters, and alleged faulty EVM machines at the Ahmedabad civic polls, according to the report. Congress, claiming violation of the poll guidelines, also filed a complaint against Rupani for flying to Rajkot with a helicopter to cast his vote, according to the report.
The civic body elections are seen as a test for the Rupani government, as they may set the tone for the Assembly elections scheduled for next year.
The main contest is between the BJP, which has governed the six corporations for the last few terms, and the main Congress of the Opposition. During the election campaign, the BJP played the card of “development”, while Congress, which has been out of power in these local bodies for a long time, cited the “lack of amenities” and the recent increase in the price of fuel for change course. tide.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has claimed it would be an effective alternative to the BJP and Congress, while Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is making its debut in local body polls, having submitted 21 candidates in six neighborhoods of Ahmedabad.
A total of 2,276 candidates, of which 577 from the BJP, 566 from Congress, 470 from the AAP, 91 from the NCP, 353 from other parties and 228 Independents, participated in the elections.
In addition, nine candidates were also in the fray for the two-seat by-elections in the Junagadh Municipal Corporation. After the results are announced today, elections for 31 districts and 231 taluka panchayats and 81 municipalities will be held on February 28.
With PTI inputs
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