Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: BJP storms Guj, misses clean sweep as Cong clings on to one

Amit Shah. Pic/PTI

The BJP has clinched 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in Gujarat, including the Surat seat which it had won unopposed, but missed a hat-trick of a clean sweep with the Congress bagging Banaskantha constituency, a first victory in the general elections in the western state in the last ten years.

Prominent candidates to win elections include Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, and their Cabinet colleague Parshottam Rupala.

Supporters of Narendra Modi celebrate at BJP headquarters. Pic/PTI

Notably, the saffron party had won all 26 seats in the 2014 and 2019 general elections in the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Shah.

Mandaviya won the Porbandar Lok Sabha seat by defeating his nearest Congress rival Lalit Vasoya by a margin of 3.83 lakh votes, as per the Election Commission. Mandaviya bagged 6,33,118 votes, while Vasoya polled 2,49,758.

Rupala, who faced protests from the Rajput community due to his remarks on erstwhile rulers in the run-up to elections, won from the Rajkot constituency by a margin of 4,84,260 votes defeating senior Congress leader Paresh Dhanani. Rupala polled 8,57,984 votes and Dhanani 3,73,724.

Another prominent victory was registered by Gujarat BJP president and sitting MP CR Paatil from Navsari constituency who won by a margin of 7.73 lakh votes, handing a crushing defeat to his nearest Congress rival Naishadh Desai.

Paatil now has secured fourth straight term in LS. He secured 10,31,035 votes while Desai polled 2,57,514 votes.

The only consolation for Congress was Banaskantha constituency as it broke its decade-long jinx in Gujarat with the party candidate Geniben Thakor emerging victorious by more than 30,000 votes.

Thakor defeated the BJP's Rekha Chaudhari by 30,406 votes in a nail-biting contest. Thakor polled 6,71,883 votes against her rival's 6,41,477.

Amit Shah wins Gandhinagar by over 7 lakh votes

Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP ) leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday won the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat of Gujarat by a margin of over 7.44 lakh votes, one of the highest in this election, bettering the figure of his 2019 victory. Shah defeated his nearest Congress rival Sonal Patel by a staggering margin of 744716, announced the Election Commission of India.

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