Archive · 20 Aug 2026
Farmers’ Panel Ends BJP’s 20-Year Hold on Bardoli Sugar Factory
Farmers’ representatives won nearly every seat in an election at a large sugar cooperative in Gujarat.
The cooperative is called the Bardoli sugar factory.
The Kisan Parivartan Panel won all 14 seats that were contested.
The BJP-backed panel won only one seat.
Anil Patel had already won that seat without opposition.
This ended the BJP’s 20-year control of the factory’s management.
BJP leader Ishvar Parmar was among those defeated.
The factory began in 1955 and has an annual turnover of Rs 600 crore.
The Kisan Parivartan Panel won all 14 contested management committee seats at the Bardoli sugar factory.
The BJP-backed Sahakar Panel secured only one of the 15 total seats, which Anil Patel won unopposed.
The result ended the BJP’s reported 20-year control of the cooperative’s management.
BJP’s Bardoli MLA Ishvar Parmar was among the senior leaders defeated in the election.
Founded in 1955, the Surat district factory has an annual turnover of Rs 600 crore.
- Who
- The Kisan Parivartan Panel, the BJP-backed Sahakar Panel, and candidates including BJP MLA Ishvar Parmar contested the election.
- What
- A farmers’ panel won 14 of the 15 management committee seats, ending the BJP’s reported 20-year control of the cooperative.
- When
- Voting was held on August 16, and the results were declared on Tuesday; the articles do not specify the year.
- Where
- The election took place at the Shree Khedut Sahakari Khand Udyog Mandli Ltd, known as the Bardoli sugar factory, in Surat district, Gujarat.
- Why
- Sugarcane farmers formed the Kisan Parivartan Panel to contest control of the cooperative’s management.
Farmers’ Panel
BJP-Backed Panel
Control of the cooperative
Farmers’ Panel
The Kisan Parivartan Panel, formed by sugarcane farmers, won all 14 contested seats.
BJP-Backed Panel
The BJP-backed Sahakar Panel sought to retain control but secured only one seat.
Political significance
Farmers’ Panel
The result ended the BJP’s reported 20-year dominance over the factory’s management.
BJP-Backed Panel
The Sahakar Panel retained only the seat already won unopposed by Anil Patel.
- Factory
- Shree Khedut Sahakari Khand Udyog Mandli Ltd, popularly known as the Bardoli sugar factory
- Location
- Surat district, Gujarat
- Founded
- 1955
- Annual turnover
- Rs 600 crore
- Management committee
- The committee has 15 seats; elections were held for 14 of them
- Election result
- The Kisan Parivartan Panel won 14 seats, while the BJP-backed Sahakar Panel won one
- Uncontested seat
- Anil Patel won the Sahakar Panel’s lone seat unopposed
