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Gujarat seeks alternatives to Cong in AAP, AIMIM, BSP
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Tue, Feb 23 2021 20:36 IST |
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Gandhinagar, Feb 23 : The people of Gujarat have started looking for options other than the opposition Congress, seeking an alternative to the ruling BJP in the local body elections of six municipal corporations in Gujarat.
Parties like Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM), and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have opened their accounts in Gujarat.
Making a debut in the state by fielding its candidates for the six municipal Corporations, the AAP gained 27 seats in the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) against the BJP s 93 seats, becoming the main opposition party in the SMC. AAP candidates captured entire wards of 2, 3, 4, 5, 16 and 17 in the SMC and won 2 seats in ward 7 and a single seat in ward 8. The Congress could not even secure a single seat i
It s a saffron surge in Gujarat s six civic bodies
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Tue, Feb 23 2021 21:42 IST |
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Gandhinagar Feb 23 : The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) achieved overwhelming support in the municipal corporation elections in six cities of Gujarat, polling for which was held last Sunday. BJP, an already ruling party in these six municipal corporations, got reelected with a larger number of seats this time.
Out of the total 576 seats of the six municipal corporations, the BJP secured a whopping 485 seats. The opposition Congress was reduced to 45 seats. The Aam Admy Party (AAP), the debutant in the local body elections in Gujarat, secured 27, while the All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) led by Assaduddin Owaisi managed to win two wards in Ahmedabad.
As the counting for the local body elections in six Municipal Corporations in Gujarat progresses on Tuesday, the trending figures show that the BJP is leading in majority of the seats, but it is the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) which is giving .
Gujarat civic polls see low voter turnout
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Six of the eight municipal corporations that went to polls in Gujarat on Sunday witnessed a significantly low voter turnout raising concerns among the ruling dispensation as poor turnout traditionally augurs bad news for the ruling party.
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Six of the eight municipal corporations that went to polls in Gujarat on Sunday witnessed a significantly low voter turnout raising concerns among the ruling dispensation as poor turnout traditionally augurs bad news for the ruling party. While Ahmedabad saw the least polling at 38.41% voting until 6 pm, Vadodara saw 42.82%, Surat had 42.72%, Rajkot 45.74%, Bhavnagar 43.66% and Jamnagar had the highest polling at 49.64%.