Sixth consecutive win for BJP in Jamnagar

Rajkot: In Jamnagar Municipal Corporation (JMC) BJP retained power for the sixth consecutive term. The party won 50 seats out of the total 64 seats. For the first time Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) won three seats in ward 6 of Jamnagar. The has a mixed population of Ahir, Dalits and minority community. Though the BJP gave tickets to candidates of the minority community in ward 1 and 12, in both the wards the Congress panel won.In 2015, BJP had won 38 seats and Congress had got 24 seats.
BJP betters tally in Bhavnagar
Rajkot: In Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) BJP won 44 seats out of 52 while Congress managed just 8 seats. There were BJP candidates who won the election by a margin of 6,000 to 10,000 votes. However, there were three candidates who won by a narrow margin of less than 500 votes. Kanti Gohil, a Congress candidate from ward 1 won the election with 139 votes, Naresh Chavda of BJP in ward 2 won with a margin of 336 votes, while Bhumi Gohil of Congress from ward 9 won by 189 votes. In 2015, BJP had won 34 seats and Congress 18.