India
oi-Madhuri Adnal
Ahmedabad, Feb 23: Counting of votes polled in elections to six municipal corporations of Gujarat, including major cities of Ahmedabad and Vadodara, will be held on Tuesday with all eyes on performance of the BJP which is in power in these civic bodies, officials said on Monday. The counting will start at 9 am.
Polling for 576 seats in 144 wards across six civic bodies – Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, Vadodara, Bhavnagar and Jamnagar – was held on Sunday (February 21).
All these civic bodies are being currently ruled by the BJP.
“Designated staff would begin the counting of votes from 9 am on Tuesday at various counting centres in these six cities. People can watch live updates on our website,” said MV Joshi, secretary, State Election Commission.
The State Election Commission (SEC) has said an average 46.08 per…