Gujarat Local Body Poll Results: BJP Wins Big, AAP Opens Account

In the Junagadh tehsil panchayat, the Aam Aadmi Party managed to open its account.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won big in local body elections as the seats were counted on Tuesday, 2 March, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling the results an “unwavering faith and affection towards the BJP.”

According to ANI, the BJP won 1,967 seats in the nagar palika elections, Congress won 356 and AAP won 9 seats as of 5 pm. In district panchayat elections, BJP registered victory on 735 panchayats seats, Congress on 157, and AAP on 2 seats. The final tally for all the polls is yet to be declared.

Prime Minister Modi took to Twitter to thank the people of the state.

“Results of the Nagar Palika, Taluka Panchayat and District Panchayat polls across Gujarat give a crystal clear message- Gujarat is firmly with the BJP’s agenda of development and good governance. I bow to the people of Gujarat for the unwavering faith and affection towards BJP (sic),” PM Modi said.