Congress loses 2 of 3 ward seats it held to BJP in municipal bypolls

The Congress lost two of the three ward seats it held in the three municipal corporations of Ahmedabad, Junagadh and Vadodara, and could win only two of the 16 seats of the seven municipalities.
BJP spokesperson Bharat Pandya said in a statement that the people of Gujarat “are with the BJP and will remain with it”.
The Congress retained Behrampura ward in Ahmedabad with party candidate Kamruddin Pathan winning by a margin of 9,677 votes, while it lost one seat each — ward 13 in Vadodara and ward 3 in Junagadh municipal corporations.

Each ward has four corporators. One seat from ward number 35, Behrampura, fell vacant after the death of Congress corporator Yusuf Ajmeri earlier this year.
on all the four Congress nominees withdrew their papers, handing over victories to BJP candiates Abbas, Sharifa and Nisha Karia.

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