BJP wins Gujarat Municipal Polls 2018

Gujarat civic poll celebration (2) The BJP has placed a victory in Gujarat municipal polls as the party wins 47 out of 75 municipal seats and the Congress could win 16 seats.

As per reports, on six seats, no candidate got a majority.  Four seats were won by Independents and two by others.

 Gujarat went to the civic polls on February 17 in 75 municipalities, two district panchayats, 17 taluka panchayats and 14,00 village panchayats.

In 2013, the BJP had won 59 out of the 79 municipalities and the Congress had won 11 seats.

Also, in the recently held Gujarat assembly election, the BJP won 99 of 182 assembly seats, while the Congress won 77.