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9 years ago
Gujarat: Gujarat's ruling BJP has won 47 of the state's 75 municipal seats, the Congress has won 16 seats. On six seats, no candidate got majority. Four seats were won by Independents and two by others. Elections were held for 75 municipalities, two district panchayats and 17 taluka panchayats on Saturday. In 2013, the BJP had won 59 of the 79 municipalities. The Congress had won 11, but lost five of them later, when its leaders defected to the BJP. The voting for the civic polls on Saturday recorded Rajkot to have the lowest turnout at 50.17 per cent while Dahod at 76.67 per cent, the highest recorded in the state.
 

Here are the highlights of the Gujarat civic poll Results:

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