Gujarat Election Results: BJP surges in local body vote count as tensions flare in Surat
Gujarat Election Results are showing a sweeping lead for the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state’s local body polls, with early and later count updates pointing to a historic performance across civic bodies. The results, updated on April 28 and April 29, 2026, show the party winning all 15 municipal corporations while Congress and AAP fight for the space behind it. A scuffle also broke out at a Surat counting centre after a BJP candidate was declared winner in Ward 18, forcing security personnel to step in.
Gujarat Election Results point to a wide BJP sweep
The clearest picture from the count is the scale of the BJP advance. In the municipal corporation tally, the party has won all 15 corporations and crossed the 50% mark in each one, marking what the updates describe as a historic victory in the Gujarat local body elections.
At the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, results for 104 of 192 seats had been declared by 14: 00 ET on April 28, with the BJP winning or leading on 95 seats and Congress on 9. In Navsari Municipal Corporation, the BJP won 50 of 52 seats, while Congress secured 2. In Amod municipality in Bharuch district, Congress took control with 15 of 24 seats, while the BJP was reduced to 8 and lost the civic body.
Early official updates available up to 11: 00 ET showed the BJP ahead across urban and rural bodies. In municipal corporations, the party had won 51 seats so far, including 41 uncontested. In municipalities, it led with 428 seats, while Congress had 25 and others 7. In district panchayats, the BJP had 64 seats, while Congress had 1. In taluka panchayats, the BJP was ahead with 357 seats, followed by Congress with 24 and others with 14.
Counting centre tensions add a flashpoint
The most immediate disruption came in Surat, where tensions flared after a BJP candidate was declared the winner in Ward 18. A scuffle broke out between BJP and Congress workers at the counting centre, and security personnel intervened to bring the situation under control.
There were also a few closely watched individual outcomes. Congress candidate Mohsin Pathan won the Palej seat in the Bharuch Taluka Panchayat election by just 1 vote. In Vadodara Municipal Corporation, Harish Patel, contesting as an Independent, won after campaigning with his election symbol, a watermelon, and remained the only Independent candidate to win in the VMC polls.
Party leaders frame the results as a mandate
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel described the early outcome as a resounding mandate for development-oriented governance. “I am grateful to the people of Gujarat for again supporting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s development-focused politics and delivering a big victory to the BJP, ” he said in Gandhinagar.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also posted at 16: 06 ET on April 28, praising the BJP showing, while the party’s Gujarat account highlighted what it called a vibrant saffron hue in Rajkot at 15: 52 ET the same day. The results have left Congress and AAP competing for second place in a contest where the BJP’s margin has remained decisive.
What comes next as Gujarat Election Results settle
As Gujarat Election Results continue to settle, the focus now turns to final ward-level and municipality-level tallies, especially in places where counting was still underway or where margins were narrow. The biggest immediate questions are whether the BJP’s sweep holds in the final declarations and whether the clash in Surat leads to any further administrative action. For now, Gujarat Election Results point to an emphatic BJP performance that has reshaped the local political map in a single count.
