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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. The SP candidate won one seat, while the remaining three seats were won by independent candidates.
Dr. Darshana of BJP defeated Hareshbhai Vasava of INC by 28,202 votes in Nandod assembly seat of Narmada district. BJP candidate got 70,543 votes while Congress got 42,341 votes here. Independent candidate Harshadbhai Vasava remained at number three. Harshadbhai Vasava got 35,362 votes which was 19.92 per cent of the total votes. The deposits of AAP and BTP candidates were forfeited. Whereas, NOTA got 3,104 votes.
Congress got victory in 2017
The Congress had won the Nandod seat in the 2017 assembly elections. In this election, Congress made Prem Singhbhai Vasava its candidate. Vasava defeated BJP’s Shabdsharan Bhailalbhai Tadvi by 6,329 votes. A total of seven candidates were in the fray here. Apart from these two, the deposits of the remaining five candidates were forfeited. In 2012, this seat was won by BJP’s Shabdsharan Tadvi. This seat has come back into existence after the 2008 delimitation. Earlier in 1962, 1967 and 1972, the Congress had won from here.
