BJP's Alpesh Thakor is leading in early trends from the Gandhinagar South seat, which is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat. While the Congress candidate is Himanshu Patel. The current vote margin is 3,270. The counting of votes is underway.
Voting for the seat was held in the second phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections on December 5. It is part of the Gandhinagar district. The seat came into existence after the 2008 delimitation. The Gujarat Assembly has a total of 182 seats. In the two polls held so far on the seat, the ruling BJP has emerged victorious. Gandhinagar South has been a stronghold of the ruling BJP. This time, BJP has fielded OBC community leader Alpesh Thakor from Gandhinagar South. He will be taking on Congress spokesperson Himanshu Patel and Dolat Patel from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Earlier, Shambhuji Thakor of the BJP had won the seat twice.
Around 2 lakh of 3,71,598 voters in Gandhinagar South live in urban and the remaining 1.5 lakh are in rural areas. Exit polls on Monday predicted a big majority for the BJP in Gujarat and a dead heat in Himachal Pradesh where most pollsters gave an edge to the ruling party over the Congress.
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Name of candidates from Gandhinagar South seat in Gujarat elections 2022
BJP - Alpesh Thakor
Congress - Himanshu Patel
AAP - Dolat Patel
The counting of votes for the Gujarat assembly elections 2022 has commenced from 8 am today, and BJP is expected to establish early lead in the Gandhinagar South constituency, paving way for candidate Alpesh Thakor.
BJP's Alpesh Thakor has maintained a strong grasp on the Gandhinagar South constituency, and according to the exit polls, he will maintain his stronghold on the seat.
The Gujarat Assembly Elections 2022 were held in two phases on December 1 and December 5. The counting of results begins at 8 am on Thursday, December 8.
Stay tuned for the latest updates on counting and results for Gujarat Assembly Elections 2022.
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