Ahmedabad, Oct 11 (PTI) A voter turnout of 59.25 per cent was recorded in Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) polls in Gujarat on Sunday, while the figure was 81.18 per cent in Thara municipality and 56.44 per cent in Okha, the State Election Commission said.
The voter turnout figures are tentative, State Election Commission Joint Commissioner N K Damor added.
Polling began at 7 am and concluded at 6 pm in the three local bodies, along with bypolls to seats in various municipalities and district and taluka panchayats in the state.
“No major untoward incident took place. Voting was held peacefully,” Damor said.
Elections were held on all 44 seats across 11 wards of the GMC, where 130 candidates were in the fray. The main contest was between the BJP, Congress and Aam Aadmi Party.
The GMC has around 2.59 lakh voters. In polls held in October 2021, the BJP had won 41 of the 44 seats, while Congress secured two seats and the AAP one.
In Okha municipality of Devbhumi Dwarka district, polling was held for 32 of the total 36 seats across nine wards, as four seats were won unopposed. As many as 75 candidates contested the remaining seats.
In Thara municipality in Banaskantha, elections were held in six wards comprising 24 seats, with 59 candidates in the fray.
Bypolls were also held for one seat each in the Kheralu, Chhota Udepur and Bayad municipalities, besides seats in various district and taluka panchayats.
The SEC had made arrangements for extensive police deployment and patrolling, particularly at sensitive and hyper-sensitive polling stations, to ensure free and peaceful voting, which were conducted through electronic voting machines (EVMs).
Counting of votes is scheduled for October 13. PTI PJT PD GK BNM
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