Articles tagged under: Gujarat Local Body Elections 2021

Gujarat Election Series 2022 Part IV By Japan K Pathak ; Opposition mostly could win in only Muslim areas in Municipal polls

November 18, 2022
Gujarat Election Series 2022 Part IV By Japan K Pathak ; Opposition mostly could win in only Muslim areas in Municipal polls

By Japan K Pathak In this series so far, the focus has been on the subject that why BJP is looking like a winning party ahead of the State Assembly election in Gujarat this year. This is an important point to discuss because many voters tend to elect the MLAs who belong to the party which is likely to form the government. The last three episodes of this series went into the details of the results of the State assembly by-polls, Lok Sabha general election, and local elections. There's no at...Read More

Kubernagar ward election recounting: BJP candidate declared victorious again

May 07, 2022
Kubernagar ward election recounting: BJP candidate declared victorious again

Gandhinagar: BJP councilor from Kuberanagar ward in Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC), Gitaben Vishalsinh Chavda was again declared victorious today after recounting of votes as per the Supreme Court order. Gitaben was declared victorious last year also in regular election of AMC, however rival Congress candidate Jagdish Mohnani had went to court challenging the verdict. After recounting today, the result remained same and Gitaben Chavda was declared victorious by margin of 662 votes. Mo...Read More

Recounting of votes for Kubernagar ward election as per SC order

April 30, 2022
Recounting of votes for Kubernagar ward election as per SC order

Gandhinagar: The supreme court has ordered fair counting within 14 days after a congress candidate challenged the Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) elections 2021 results for Kuber Nagar ward in Ahmedabad. BJP female candidate Gitaba Chavda was declared winner after a fair counting in Kuber Nagar ward in AMC election 2021. Then, congress candidate Jagdish Mohnani had challenged the results in the supreme court. After the supreme court's order, the fair counting of votes in Kubernagar ward...Read More

Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation election postponed

April 10, 2021
Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation election postponed

Gandhinagar: State Election Commission of Gujarat today announced its decision to postpone the general election of Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC). Polling for local body election of capital town was scheduled to take place on April 18. Political parties including opposition Congress and ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had demanded election to be postponed in view of current Covid19 pandemic situation. Yesterday state chief minister Vijay Rupani had also written a letter urging same....Read More

BJP expels 8 rebel members of Bhanvad municipality

March 24, 2021
BJP expels 8 rebel members of Bhanvad municipality

Jamnagar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lobal body in Bhanvad municipality of Devbhumi Dwarka district has been toppled by rebels. 8 of BJP councilors voted for a no-confidence motion moved by opposition Congress against incumbent president and vice-president of the municipality. The motion was successful. BJP has meanwhile expelled 8 rebel councilors from party.   Read More

Gujarat BJP expels 14 councilors of Wankaner municipality from party

March 18, 2021
Gujarat BJP expels 14 councilors of Wankaner municipality from party

Gandhinagar: As per the instruction by State party chief CR Patil, BJP has expelled 14 rebel councilors of Wankaner municipality in Morbi district. The councilors had recently elected on BJP ticket, but later rebelled during the process of election of office bearers in municipality. DeshGujaratRead More