Gujarat Civic Polls

Gujarat civic polls: Chief Minister Vijay Rupani casts vote in Rajkot hours after testing negative for COVID-19

Rupani, 64, tested positive for the viral infection on 15 February, a day after he fainted on a stage during campaigning for civic polls in Vadodara

Gujarat Municipal Election 2021: Over 43,000 cops deployed for 21 Feb civic polls; 1.5 lakh people detained

Counting of votes for the civic polls in Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, Bhavnagar and Jamnagar will take place on 23 February

Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM to contest Ahmedabad municipal election, ties up with BTP in Bharuch

AIMIM announced its foray into Gujarat politics with an aim to provide an "effective alternative" to the ruling BJP and opposition Congress in the state

Gujarat civic poll results: BJP clinches victory in 44 out of 75 municipalities, tally declines from 59 in 2013

Gujarat's ruling BJP retained power in most of the 75 municipalities in 22 districts where polling was held last week though in line with the December 2017 assembly polls' trend, its overall strength declined and the opposition Congress chalked up several gains

Gujarat civic polls: BJP's emphatic victory is more of a relief than triumph

Tuesday’s Gujarat civic polls result will come as a breather for the BJP, which will look to consolidate on the victory ahead of next year's Assembly elections

Maharashtra, Gujarat civic polls: BJP sweep shows demonetisation dividend for PM Modi

If he was catapulted to power in 2014 in a wave of support, Modi has also worked assiduously towards maintaining this bond.

Why Gujarat civic body poll results don’t augur well for PM Modi or BJP

Gujarat municipal and local bodies poll results should send alarm bells clanging in the BJP; more so for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The outcome has the potential to thwart his much-hyped Gujarat story, which in turn could affect his personal standing.

Gujarat civic polls: Cong recovers rural base; Hardik a non-factor for BJP in urban areas

BJP managed to retain all the six municipal corporations. For the opposition Congress it is a huge gain after almost a decade.

Gujarat civic polls: Congress hails 'great news', claims victory in 20 zilla panchayats

Congress on Wednesday hailed "great news" in Gujarat civic polls as it claimed it has won 20 of the 31 zila panchayats and was "in the fight" in another five in the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Cong slams BJP for deleting voters' names during civic polls in Gujarat at its behest; party denies claims

Gujarat Congress on Sunday alleged that thousands of voters in Ahmedabad could not exercise their franchise for the municipal polls held that day as their names were deliberately removed from the list by the State Election Commission (SEC) at the behest of the BJP-led Gujarat government.