The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ally Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) secured a clean sweep in the 60-seat Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) election on Sunday. 

Counting of votes in the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) elections began at Moniram Dewan Trade Centre, Guwahati from 8 am. At least 197 candidates from 57 wards were in the fray in the election which was being held after a gap of nine years. 

The Kamrup (Metro) District administration said BJP won 52 wards while its ally party AGP won 6 wards. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and AJP have won 1 ward each.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked the people of Guwahati. “Thank you Guwahati! The people of this lovely city have given a resounding mandate to @BJP4Assam to build on the agenda of development. They have also blessed the hardwork of the state government under CM @himantabiswa. My gratitude to every BJP Karyakarta for the hard work,” PM Modi said in a tweet.

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