The three taluka panchayats in which elections are to be held are Gandhinagar, Katlal and clothes.
Voting is going on today i.e. on February 16 for the election of Junagadh Municipal Corporation, 68 municipalities and three taluka panchayats in Gujarat. On an average, 16% turnout has been held in the first 4 hours. After voting, the fate of more than 5 thousand candidates will be captured in EVMs. Don’t
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According to the State Election Commission (SEC), by -elections are also being held for vacant seats of various local and urban bodies during this period. According to the State Election Commission, the polling will take place on Sunday between 7 am and 6 pm.
Three taluka panchayats are Gandhinagar, Katlal and Clothing, where elections are being held. This election is also necessary because in 2023, the Gujarat government announced 27% reservation for other Backward Classes (OBC) in panchayats and municipalities. This is the first local body election after this decision.
BJP claims to win 213 seats unopposed
In Patan, the groom went to vote with the whole family.
The BJP has claimed that it is scheduled to win unopposed in 213 seats of various local bodies including 8 seats of Junagadh Municipal Corporation. Apart from this, it also said that it would also win in Bhachau, Jafarabad, Bantwa and Halol municipalities, as its number of ‘unopposed’ seats there is more than the majority.
However, the Congress objected to that the BJP threatened their candidates, due to which they had to withdraw from the election. But the BJP has dismissed these allegations outright.
Congress candidates withdraw nomination
The polling was affected for one hour of the beginning due to EVM malfunction in Radhanpur.
The BJP also claimed that it would also win 4 municipalities in Bhachau, Zafarabad, Bantwa and Halol as the number of seats declared ‘unopposed’ in its favor is more than the necessary majority in each of these municipal bodies. However, the Congress alleged that its candidates withdrew their names after being threatened by the BJP. The BJP has denied the allegations of the Congress.
Significantly, out of a total of 60 seats in 15 wards of BJP -ruled JMC, the ruling party will get 8 seats ‘unopposed’, as Congress candidates withdrew their nominations last week. In the last election held for Junagadh Municipal Corporation in 2019, BJP kept power by winning 54 seats, while Congress and NCP won 3-3 seats.
OBC quota limit increased from 10 percent to 27 percent
View of polling station in Harij.
In 2023, the state government had increased the OBC quota boundary in municipal corporations, panchayats and municipalities from 10 percent to 27 percent based on the report of the Justice Jhaveri Commission. The existing quota for SC and ST in local bodies remained 14 percent and 7 percent respectively, respectively, so that the total quota remained within the 50 percent limit. After the Supreme Court’s decision that reservation for OBC should be based on their population, Jhaveri Commission was formed in July 2022.
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