Gandhinagar civic polls: BJP wins 38 of 44 seats, Congress gets 5

Image Used For Representational Purpose OnlyGANDHINAGAR: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 38 of the 44 seats in the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) elections, according to results declared by the State Election Commission on Tuesday.The Congress finished second with five seats, while an independent candidate won one seat. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which had won one seat in the previous election, failed to win any seats this time.The GMC last went to polls in October 2021, when the BJP won 41 of the 44 seats. The Congress secured two seats and the AAP won one.Counting of votes for the three civic bodies began at 9 am on Tuesday.Elections to the GMC were held across 11 wards, with 130 candidates contesting the 44 seats. The civic body has around 2.59 lakh voters.Gandhinagar recorded a voter turnout of 59.25%, according to figures released by the State Election Commission.