Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation Election Result: BJP Wins 41 Out Of 44 Seats

The Congress has won two and Aam Aadmin Party has however won one seats in the recently held election.

Though Congress and BJP has filed their candidate in all the 44 seats, the AAP has filed only in 40 seats.

The GMC recorded a voting percentage of 56.24% out of 2.8 lakh registered voters.

During last year poll, the BJP and Congress has both own 16 seats.

Apart from GMC, three other municipalities - Okha, Bhanvad, and Thara - went to the polls on Sunday.

The voter turnout in Okha and Bhanvad (both in Devbhumi-Dwarka district) was 55.07% and 62.27% respectively, while Thara (Banaskantha district) recorded 73.55% voter turnout.

The local body elections were earlier scheduled for April but the disastrous second wave of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic forced the state election commission to postpone them.

Earlier in a press release issued by the All India Congress Committee, the Congress party announced the names of the candidates who will be contesting in the Assam Assembly by-polls in three assembly constituencies. The candidature of the three candidates was approved by Congress President Sonia Gandhi. The press release read, "The Congress President Sonia Gandhi has approved the proposals for the candidature of the following persons to contest the ensuing Assam Assembly bye-elections as Congress candidates from the states mentioned below."

The candidates who have been given tickets by the Congress party are Jowel Tudu, Bhaskar Dahal and Manoranjan Konwar. Jowel Tudu will be contesting from the 28 Gossaingaon Assembly Constituency while Bhaskar Dahal will fight for the MLA seat in 58 Tamulpur Constituency. The Congress candidate who is given the ticket from 107 Thowra Assembly Constituency is Manoranjan Konwar. In Assam, the assembly by-polls will be held in the constituencies of Gossaingaon, Tamulpur, Thowra, Mariani and Bhabanipur on October 30.

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