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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.
AAP’s Bhupendrabhai Gandubhai Bhayani defeated BJP’s Harshadkumar Madhavjibhai Ribadia by 7,063 votes in the Visavadar assembly seat in Junagadh district. BJP candidate got 59,147 votes while AAP got 66,210 votes here. Congress remained at number three. Its candidate Karshanbhai Naranbhai Vaddoria got 16,963 votes, which was only 11.57 percent of the total votes. The deposits of three including Congress and BSP candidates were forfeited. In this seat, 1,765 voters voted for NOTA.
BJP got three seats in Junagadh district
Visavadar assembly seat comes in Junagadh district. There are total 5 seats in this district. In this election, BJP won three out of five seats in the district. At the same time, the Congress was successful in winning one seat. Apart from this, one seat also went to your account.
Congress got victory in 2017
The Congress had won the Visavadar seat in the 2017 assembly elections. In this election, Congress had made Harshadkumar Madhavjibhai Ribadia its candidate from this seat. He defeated BJP’s Kirit Patel by 23,101 votes. A total of ten candidates were in the fray here. Apart from these two, the deposits of the remaining eight candidates were forfeited.
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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.
AAP’s Bhupendrabhai Gandubhai Bhayani defeated BJP’s Harshadkumar Madhavjibhai Ribadia by 7,063 votes in the Visavadar assembly seat in Junagadh district. BJP candidate got 59,147 votes while AAP got 66,210 votes here. Congress remained at number three. Its candidate Karshanbhai Naranbhai Vaddoria got 16,963 votes, which was only 11.57 percent of the total votes. The deposits of three including Congress and BSP candidates were forfeited. In this seat, 1,765 voters voted for NOTA.
BJP got three seats in Junagadh district
Visavadar assembly seat comes in Junagadh district. There are total 5 seats in this district. In this election, BJP won three out of five seats in the district. At the same time, the Congress was successful in winning one seat. Apart from this, one seat also went to your account.
Congress got victory in 2017
The Congress had won the Visavadar seat in the 2017 assembly elections. In this election, Congress had made Harshadkumar Madhavjibhai Ribadia its candidate from this seat. He defeated BJP’s Kirit Patel by 23,101 votes. A total of ten candidates were in the fray here. Apart from these two, the deposits of the remaining eight candidates were forfeited.