The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has swept the Navsari Municipal Corporation elections, winning 50 seats, while the Congress managed to grab just 2 seats out of 52 Municipal Corporation seats across 13 wards. Elections were held on April 26, 2026, for 15 municipal corporations, 84 municipalities, 34 district panchayats, and 260 taluka panchayats, making it one of the largest electoral exercises in the state ahead of the assembly polls scheduled for later next year.
Out of 15 Municipal Corporations (Mahanagarpalikas), six are long-standing corporations, and nine are newly upgraded ones.
The 15 Municipal Corporations are: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, Surat Municipal Corporation, Vadodara Municipal Corporation, Rajkot Municipal Corporation, Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation, Jamnagar Municipal Corporation.
The 9 new Municipal Corporations were officially approved by the Gujarat Cabinet on January 1, 2025.
These bodies were upgraded from existing municipalities to manage increasing urbanisation and provide better infrastructure. The nine newly formed corporations are: Anand-Karamsad Municipal Corporation (New), Gandhidham Municipal Corporation (New), Mehsana Municipal Corporation (New), Morbi Municipal Corporation (New), Nadiad Municipal Corporation (New), Navsari Municipal Corporation (New), Porbandar-Chhaya Municipal Corporation (New), Surendranagar-Wadhwan Municipal Corporation (New) and Vapi Municipal Corporation (New).
Navsari Municipal Corporation poll results highlights
