Chhota Udaipur is one of the 26 Lok Sabha Constituencies going to poll on April 23 in the state of Gujarat. It is a seat reserved for Scheduled Tribes.
It consists of the following Assembly constituencies - Halol, Chhota Udaipur, Jetpur, Sankheda, Dabhoi, Padra and Nandod.
The main battle in 2014 is between Congress’ Ranjit Mohansinh Rathwa and BJP’s Mrs Geetaben Vajesingbhai .
It has a strong agricultural economy and the city of Chhota Udaipur is one of the most literate and developed cities in the whole of India.
All candidates for 2019
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Candidate Name
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Party Name
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RATHVA GITABEN VAJESINGBHAI
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Bharatiya Janata Party
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2
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RATHVA FURKANBHAI BALAJIBHAI
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Bahujan Samaj Party
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3
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RATHAVA RANJITSINH MOHANSINH
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Indian National Congress
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4
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VASAVA RAJESH SOMABHAI
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Bhartiya Tribal Party
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5
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UMESH JANGUBHAI RATHAWA
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Independent
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6
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PRAVINBHAI DHURSINGBHAI RATHVA
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Independent
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7
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RATHVA BHAVSINGBHAI NAMARSINGBHAI
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Independent
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8
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RATHVA MAGANBHAI CHATHIYABHAI
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Independent
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In 2014, Ramsinh Rathwa of BJP beat Congress Naranbhai Rathwa by 1.79 lakh votes. In 2009, Rathwa had beaten Congress’ Naranbhai Rathwa who had beaten Ramsinh in 2004.
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 Udaipur, 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 Udaipur.
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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