Gujarat Local Body Election results: BJP wins all 15 municipal bodies, here’s how others performed

Ahmedabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delivered a decisive victory in Gujarat’s local body elections, winning all 15 municipal corporations where polls were held on April 26, according to State Election Commission officials. The results underline the party’s continued dominance in urban local governance, while opposition parties registered a steep decline in performance.

Out of 17 municipal corporations in the state, elections were conducted in 15, with the BJP securing control across every contested body. The remaining two corporations are yet to go to polls as their terms have not expired.

The ruling party registered a clean sweep in Morbi and Porbandar municipal corporations, winning all 52 seats in each civic body. It also retained major urban strongholds including Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar, Gandhidham, Surendranagar, Mehsana, Anand, Nadiad, Navsari and Vapi.

In Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, the BJP won 160 of 192 seats, while the Congress secured 32. In Surat, the party captured 115 of 120 seats, reducing the Congress to a single seat. The Aam Aadmi Party, which had previously won 27 seats in Surat, saw its tally drop sharply to four.

In Rajkot, the BJP won 65 of 72 seats, with Congress taking the remaining seven. In Vadodara, it secured 69 of 76 seats, while Congress managed six. The saffron party also recorded large-margin victories in Jamnagar and Bhavnagar.

Opposition parties, including Congress, AIMIM and AAP, struggled across urban centres. AIMIM, which had earlier won seven seats in Ahmedabad, failed to secure any seat this time. The BJP lost only a handful of seats across select corporations, including one seat each in Surendranagar and Nadiad.

Officials noted that newly formed municipal corporations such as Navsari, Gandhidham, Morbi, Vapi, Anand, Nadiad, Mehsana, Porbandar and Surendranagar also saw the BJP opening its account with dominant performances.

Voting for 15 municipal corporations, 84 municipalities, 34 district panchayats and 260 taluka panchayats was held on Sunday, with over 4.18 crore voters eligible to participate.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah welcomed the results, crediting the BJP’s grassroots mobilisation and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s governance model. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said the mandate reflected continued public support for development-focused governance in the state.