Local elections were held in the Indian state of Gujarat on 26 April 2026. Elections for the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation will be held on a later date. 9 municipal corporations were elected for the first time.
The governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saw a landslide victory, winning the majority of the 84 municipalities, 34 district panchayats, and 260 taluka panchayats. The BJP also won all 15 municipal corporations, in a show of strength ahead of the next 2027 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. The opposition Indian National Congress made minor gains, while the Aam Aadmi Party suffered a setback from its gains in the previous elections. The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen and Samajwadi Party also made their entry into Gujarat civic politics. Overall, of 9,900 elected seats, 730 went uncontested. The BJP won over 6,472 of the seats. Municipal corporations saw a voter turnout of 55.1%, municipalities 65.53%, district panchayats 66.64%, and taluka panchayats 67.26%.
Results Municipal Corporations
Corporation Party won Seats composition Ahmedabad Municipal CorporationTotal seats (192) BJP (160)Surat Municipal CorporationTotal seats (120) BJP (115) AAP (4)Vadodara Municipal CorporationTotal seats (76) BJP (69)
Others (1)Rajkot Municipal CorporationTotal seats (72) BJP (65)Jamnagar Municipal CorporationTotal seats (64) BJP (60)
Others (2)Bhavnagar Municipal CorporationTotal seats (52) BJP (44)Anand Municipal CorporationTotal seats (52) BJP (43)
Others (1)Gandhidham Municipal CorporationTotal seats (52) BJP (41)Mehsana Municipal CorporationTotal seats (52) BJP (47)Morbi Municipal CorporationTotal seats (52) BJP (52)Nadiad Municipal CorporationTotal seats (52)Navsari Municipal CorporationTotal seats (52) BJP (50)Porbandar Chhaya Municipal CorporationTotal seats (52) BJP (52)Surendranagar Municipal CorporationTotal seats (52) BJP (51)Vapi Municipal CorporationTotal seats (52) BJP (37)
Others (4)Gandhinagar Municipal CorporationTotal seats (44) BJP
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