The Bharatiya Janata Party retained control of Okha Municipality and won a clear majority in Thara Municipality as Gujarat local body election results were announced on October 13, according to Sandesh. The BJP won 33 of 36 seats in Okha and 19 of 24 seats in Thara, while the Congress secured the remaining seats reported from both municipalities.
In Thara Municipality in Banaskantha district, polling was held for 24 seats across six wards. The election featured 59 candidates. The BJP won 19 seats, while the Congress won five. The Aam Aadmi Party did not win a seat, according to the report.
The result allows the BJP to retain control of the Thara municipality, although its tally was down by one seat compared with the previous election. The Congress made its strongest gain in Ward 6, where its entire panel won. Sandesh reported that the Congress had initially led on just one seat as counting trends began to emerge before its final tally rose to five.
In Okha Municipality in Devbhumi Dwarka district, the BJP won 33 of the 36 seats contested across nine wards. The Congress won three seats, while the Aam Aadmi Party again failed to open its account. The outcome enables the BJP to retain its control of the coastal municipality, which the report described as having remained a party stronghold for two consecutive terms.
Polling in Okha recorded a turnout of 63.27%, according to the report. The Congress won seats in Ward 7, while all four BJP candidates in Ward 4 had already been declared elected unopposed before the counting process. The report did not provide a separate turnout figure for Thara Municipality.
The results determine the composition of the elected municipal bodies responsible for local civic administration in the two towns. Municipalities oversee functions that affect residents directly, including local roads, sanitation, drainage, street lighting and other urban services, though the supplied report did not detail the priorities or administrative plans of the newly elected representatives.
The results were announced after counting of votes cast in the general municipal elections. The report identified the BJP, Congress and Aam Aadmi Party as the principal parties in the contests and provided the final seat distribution for both municipalities. No statement from the newly elected municipal bodies or details of the schedule for forming the councils were included in the report.
