The BJP’s success also extended into the taluka and district panchayats, though the Congress and AAP managed to find small pockets of support in rural areas
Ahmedabad:
The BJP has orchestrated a near-total sweep of Gujarat’s urban landscape, securing control over all 15 municipal corporations in a powerful display of electoral dominance.
The results from the 2026 local body polls confirm that the “saffron wave” has not only held steady but intensified in key urban centres, leaving the Opposition with negligible presence in the state’s major city councils.
In Ahmedabad, the BJP clinched a landslide with 146 out of 192 seats, while the Congress was limited to a mere 18 (counting still going on).
The most striking reversal of fortune occurred in Surat; the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which had sent shockwaves through the state in the previous election by winning 27 seats, saw its influence decimated, managing to secure only four seats this time.
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