2021 Gujarat local elections

2021 Gujarat local elections

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Total Seats:576
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Vijay Rupani Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki Gopal Italia
Party BJP INC AAP
Alliance NDA UPA -
Leader since 2016 2015 2012
Last election 405 192 -
Seats won 485 57 28
Seat change Increase 80 Decrease 135 Increase 28
Percentage 53.08% 26.9% 13.28%
Swing Increase 3.95% Decrease 14.45% Increase 13.28%

Elected Municipal Corporation majority

TBD

Local elections were held in the Indian state of Gujarat in 2021. Elections were held for 8,235 seats, with 237 seats having only one unopposed candidates. No form was filled for two seats in Taluka panchayat. The elections included six municipal corporations where elections took place in February — Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Bhavnagar and Jamnagar – and one (Gandhinagar) in which the elections were held on 3 October.[1] Results to Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation were declared on 5 October 2021.

Before the elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled all the municipal corporations in the state.

  1. ^ "Gandhinagar municipal election to be held on October 3". The Hindu. 2021-09-06. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-10-10.