Dec 18, 2017 18:13:21 (IST)
Gujarat Election Results 2017: Wins And Losses - Political Heavyweights
Here are the results of some of the key contests in Gujarat:
Here are the results of some of the key contests in Gujarat:
- Among prominent winners were BJP leader and Fisheries Minister Babubhai Bokhiriya, who defeated senior Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia in Porbandar.
- BJP's Suresh Patel held the prestigious Maninagar seat, the former constituency of Prime Minister Modi, by defeating Congress candidate Shweta Brahmbhatt by 75,199 votes.
- In Mahuva seat in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district, BJP's Raghav Makwana defeated independent candidate Kanu Kalsaria.
- The BJP also won the Umbergaon seat in Valsad.
- The Congress won Mahudha seat in Kheda district where its nominee Indrajitsinh Parmar defeated BJP's Bharatsinh Parmar by 13,601 votes.
- Congress' Alpesh Thakor, the face of OBC (Other Backward Classes) community in Gujarat, won in Radhanpur seat against Lavingji Thakor of the BJP.
- Senior Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil lost against BJP's Virendrasinh Jadeja from Mandvi seat.
- State BJP chief Jitu Vaghani won over Dilipsinh Gohil of Congress in Bhavnagar West.
- Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani won from Vadgam while contesting as an independent with the Congress' support. He defeated BJP's Vijay Chakravarti by over 19,000 votes.
- Congress nominee and Leader of Opposition Mohansinh Rathwa defeated his closest rival Jasubhai Rathwa of the BJP by a narrow margin of 1,093 votes in Chhota Udepur.
- Senior Congress leader Siddharth Patel lost to BJP's Shailesh Mehta in Dabhoi.
- Bhartiya Tribal Party (BTP) chief Chhotu Vasava won by an impressive margin of 48,948 votes over Ravjibhai Vasava of the BJP from the tribal constituency of Jhagadia. BTP is a Congress ally. Mr Vasava has formed the party after breaking away from the Nitish Kumar-led JD(U).
- BJP heavyweight Dilip Sanghani lost to Congress candidate JV Kakadiya in Dhari, Amreli district.