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The results of the Gujarat assembly elections are out. This time the Bharatiya Janata Party has created a new record. In Gujarat, which has 182 assembly seats, 156 BJP candidates won the elections. The Congress suffered the most. The Congress came straight down to 17 from 77 seats. Means Congress had to bear the loss of 60 seats. At the same time, this time only five candidates of the Aam Aadmi Party, which claimed to form the government, could win the elections. Four seats fell in the lap of others.
The Abdasa seat in Kutch district was one of the popular assembly seats in the state in the Gujarat elections. BJP had declared sitting MLA Pradyuman Singh Jadeja as its candidate from this seat. In this election, he defeated Mamad Jung Jat of Congress by 9,431 votes.
Congress captured the seat in 2017
Pradyuman Singh Jadeja of INC won this seat in the 2017 assembly elections. He defeated Chhabilbhai Patel of BJP by more than nine thousand seven hundred votes. Later Pradyum Singh Jadeja resigned from the legislature and joined the BJP.
By-elections were held on this seat after Jadeja’s resignation. Pradyuman Singh Jadeja contested on a BJP ticket in this by-election. In this by-election, Pradyuman Singh Jadeja of BJP defeated Shantilal Senghani of Congress by more than 36,000 votes.
Congress had registered victory in 2012 elections
The Congress had won this seat in the 2012 elections. Congress’ Chhabilbhai Patel defeated BJP’s Parsottam Bhanushali by a margin of 7,000 votes. A total of eight candidates were in the fray in that election. Barring the candidates of BJP and Congress, the deposits of the remaining six candidates were forfeited. BJP has won this seat in 1990, 2002 and 2007. In 1962, the Swatantra Party had won from here. Apart from this, Congress has won all the elections here.
Dalit community is a decisive voter on this seat
The BJP had fielded sitting MLA Pradyuman Singh Jadeja from this seat. Mamad Jung Jat from Congress was in the fray. Whereas, the Aam Aadmi Party had given ticket to Vasantbhai Valji Khetani. Shakti Singh Gohil, one of the prominent faces of the Gujarat Congress, is believed to have influence on this seat. Voting was held here in the first phase on December 1.
In 2017, BJP had won four seats in the district.
Abdasa seat is one of the six seats under Kutch district. In 2017, the BJP had won four of the six seats in the district. Whereas, the Congress had to be satisfied with only two seats.
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The results of the Gujarat assembly elections are out. This time the Bharatiya Janata Party has created a new record. In Gujarat, which has 182 assembly seats, 156 BJP candidates won the elections. The Congress suffered the most. The Congress came straight down to 17 from 77 seats. Means Congress had to bear the loss of 60 seats. At the same time, this time only five candidates of the Aam Aadmi Party, which claimed to form the government, could win the elections. Four seats fell in the lap of others.
The Abdasa seat in Kutch district was one of the popular assembly seats in the state in the Gujarat elections. BJP had declared sitting MLA Pradyuman Singh Jadeja as its candidate from this seat. In this election, he defeated Mamad Jung Jat of Congress by 9,431 votes.