Bardoli is one of the 26 Lok Sabha Constituencies going to poll on April 23 in the state of Gujarat. It consists of the following Assembly constituencies - Mangrol, Mandvi, Kamrej, Bardoli, Mahuva, Vyara and Nizar.
It came into existence after the delimitation process in 2008 and is reserved for Scheduled tribes.
Known for its sugar production industry, it held its first election in 2009 and picked Tushar Amarsinh Chaudhary of Congress as its sitting MP. Chaudhary had beaten BJP’s Riteshkumar Vasava. In 2014, Parbhubhai Vasava won the seat from Chaudhary with margin of 123,884 votes.
Parbhubhai Vasava will hope to repeat the feat after retaingin the ticket while Dr Tusharbhai Amarsinh Chauhdary will hope to make a comeback here.
Full list of candidates:
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CHAUDHARI DR. TUSHARBHAI AMARSINHBHAI
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Indian National Congress
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DINESHBHAI GULABBHAI CHAUDHARI
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Bahujan Samaj Party
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PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA
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Bharatiya Janata Party
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GAMIT KAUSHIKBHAI VIRENDRABHAI
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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Party
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GAMIT MOHANBHAI BABUBHAI
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Bahujan Republican Socialist Party
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GAMIT SURESHBHAI BABUBHAI
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Svatantra Bharat Satyagrah Party
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VASAVA UTTAMBHAI SOMABHAI
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Bhartiya Tribal Party
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ARVINDBHAI BHANABHAI RATHOD
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Independent
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UMEDBHAI BHIMSINGBHAI GAMIT
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Independent
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10
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PRAGNESHBHAI RATILAL CHAUDHARI
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Independent
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11
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VASAVA FATESINGBHAI VAHRIYABHAI
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Independent
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12
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SURESHBHAI MOTIYABHAI CHAUDHARI
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Independent
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The battle for Gujarat
Gujarat is a prestige battle for BJP after being cut down to size in the assembly elections in 2017 by a resurgent Congress. It’s Amit Shah and Narendra Modi’s home state, and all eyes will be on Shah after PM Modi declined to contest from Vadodara as he had done in 2014.
The 26 constituencies going to poll in Gujarat are Ahmedabad East, Ahmedabad West, Amreli, Anand, Banaskantha, Bardoli, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Chhota Uaipur, Dahod, Gandhinagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Kachchh, Kheda, Mahesana, Navsari, Panchmahal, Patan, Porbandar, Rajkot, Sabarkantha, Surat, Surendranagar, Vadodara and Valsad
A total of 371 candidates are in the fray for the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat, all of which will go to polls in a single phase on April 23.
The maximum number of candidates, 31, are contesting from Surendranagar, followed by 28 in Jamnagar, 26 in Ahmedabad East and 25 in Navsari, it said.
Panchmahal, with six candidates, Kheda and Dahod with seven each, Chhota Udepur with eight and Valsad with nine candidates are the ones with the lowest number of contestants.
While Gujarat traditionally has seen straight fights between the BJP and the Congress, several smaller parties too are in the running this time. All 26 seats from the state were won by the BJP in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. It has dropped 10 sitting MPs for the April-May general polls.
The seats where sitting BJP MPs have been replaced are Banaskantha, Patan, Mehsana, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad East, Surendranagar, Porbandar, Anand, Panchmahal and Chhota Udepur.
The newly formed Hindusthan Nirman Dal of former VHP leader Pravin Togadia has also fielded its candidate, Amrish Patel, from the Gandhinagar seat.
Polling in all 26 Lok Sabha seats in the state will be held on April 23. Counting of votes will take place on May 23.
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