Counting of votes for Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation polls underway

Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], October 5 (ANI): The counting of votes for the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) elections is underway at a centre in the city on Tuesday.

The counting of votes for the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) elections is underway at a centre in the city on Tuesday.

The poll body had earlier postponed the election, originally scheduled in April, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

People on Sunday used their franchise to elect 44 councillors across 11 wards of the GMC.

This was the first major election after Bhupendra Patel took charge as the chief minister of Gujarat.

The BJP has been in power in the civic body, while Aam Aadmi Party is also contesting in the elections.

The poll body had earlier postponed the election, originally scheduled in April, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.