Voting took place on Sunday in 575 seats across six municipal corporations.
Counting of votes in elections to six municipal corporations of Gujarat, including Ahmedabad and Vadodara, began this morning. The ruling BJP is in power in these civic bodies.
Voting took place on Sunday in 575 seats across six municipal corporations.
The BJP has made big gains in early leads. The party is ahead in 106 seats and the Congress in 26 seats so far.
Votes are being counted for 192 seats across 48 wards in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, 120 seats across 30 wards in the Surat Municipal Corporation, 76 seats across 19 wards of the Vadodara Municipal Corporation, 72 seats across 18 wards in the Rajkot Municipal Corporation, 52 seats across 13 wards in the Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation and 64 seats across 16 wards in the Jamnagar Municipal Corporation.
The BJP is ahead in 36 seats in Ahmedabad while the Congress is leading in six.
In Bhavnagar, the BJP has gained in 10 seats and the Congress, four.
The BJP is ahead in 11 seats in Jamnagar and the Congress in four in Jamnagar.
In Rajkot too, the BJP is leading in 15 seats, five times that of the Congress.
In Surat, the BJP is leading in 21 seats to the Congress's six. And in Vadodara, the BJP is ahead in 13 seats while the Congress is leading in three seats.
