ELECTION DUTY PARNA KARMACHARIYO MATE POSTAL BETET THI MATDAN ANGE JAHERAT

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With more than half its population of 63.8 million went toward the polls on November 22 and 29, the elections through 323 local self-government bodies in Gujarat.

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[2].The six municipal corporations registered only 45 % voter turn-out, but elsewhere it was over 60 %.

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The BJP won all the six municipal corporations but not before ceding a lot of seats into the Congress in cities like Rajkot, Jamnagar and Bhavnagar.

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In 2010, the BJP had won 49 and the Congress got 10 in the then house of 59.The BJP bagged the 72-member Rajkot corporation, it managed only 38 seats as against 34 of the Congress.

In the small towns, the BJP won 40 of the 56 municipalities and the Congress 8. The Congress had 10 municipalities out of a total of 53 last time.

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-The Congress made deep inroads into the Patidar pockets in Saurashtra, north and south Gujarat — including at Morbi, Jamnagar, Amreli and Mehsana, which are traditionally BJP strongholds. The BJP which held 24 seats in 2010 was reduced into a mere 6. Of the 230 taluka panchayats, the Congress grabbed 133 while the BJP’s tally fell from 162 through 72.In the villages it was a total role reversal, with Congress winning 21 of the 31 district panchayats compared to the 2 it held last time. Out of a total of 4778 seats, the Congress won 2509, while BJP.

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