"Resounding victory for BJP in Zila Panchayat and Taluka Panchayat Elections"
"People of Gujarat reject negative politics of the Congress yet again"
"BJP wins 3 out of 3 Zila Panchayats, Congress blanked out. Earlier Congress held 2 and BJP held 1 of these Zila Panchayats"
"BJP wins in 12 out of 19 Taluka Panchayats, Congress 7. Earlier Congress was in power in 15 and BJP in 4."

On Tuesday 2nd July 2013 the results of the Zila Panchayat and Taluka Panchayats came out and the BJP under the dynamic leadership of Shri Narendra Modi emerged victorious in all the three Zila Panchayats that went to the polls while the party won 12 out of 19 Taluka Panchayats. The Congress did not win any Zila Panchayat while it won in 7 Taluka Panchayats.

The elections were held across all parts of Gujarat, be it North Gujarat, Central Gujarat, South Gujarat and Saurashtra.

Before these elections, the Congress controlled 2 out of the 3 Zila Panchayats that went to the polls and were in power in 15 out of the 19 Taluka Panchayats that went to the polls.

 

ZILA PANCHAYATS (Polls held in Sabarkantha, Mehsana and Porbandar District)

NUMBER OF PANCHAYATS BJP Congress BJP (earlier tally) Congress (earlier tally)
3 3 0 1 2
 

TALUKA PANCHAYATS (Polls held in Valsad, Surat, Tapi, Bharuch, Vadodara, Panchmahal, Dahod, Anand, Gandhinagar, Sabarkantha, Rajkot, Junagadh districts)

NUMBER OF PANCHAYATS BJP Congress BJP (earlier tally) Congress (earlier tally)
19 12 7 4 15