Mehsana Lok Sabha Election Result 2019: BJP's Shardaben Anilbhai Patel takes the lead against Congress's A.J Patel

Mehsana is one of the Lok Sabha Constituencies that went to vote in Gujarat in the Lok Sabha Election 2019. 

Constituency Profile

 

 It consists of the following Assembly constituencies –  Unjha, Visnagar, Bechraji, Kadi, Mahesana, Vijapur and Mansa.

 

The main contenders are Sharden Anilbhai Patel of BJP (widow of former Gujarat Industry Minister Anilbhai Patel) and Congress’ AJ Patel.

In 2014, Jayshreeben Patel of BJP had beaten Jivabhai Patel of Congress by 2 lakh votes. In 2009, she had also won by beating INC’s Jivabhai Patel by 20,000 votes.

Full list for 2019:

 

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	CHAUHAN PRAHLADBHAI NATTHUBHAI	Bahujan Samaj Party
2	A. J. Patel	Indian National Congress
3	SHARDABEN ANILBHAI PATEL	Bharatiya Janata Party
4	CHAUDHARI SENDHABHAI ABHERAJBHAI	Bahujan Mukti Party
5	PRAJAPATI KANUBHAI AMATHARAM	Bharatiya Rashtravadi Paksha
6	BAROT KULDIPKUMAR BHARATKUMAR	Yuva Jan Jagriti Party
7	THAKOR JAYANTIJI CHUNTHAJI	Independent
8	THAKOR BIPINKUMAR SHANKARJI	Independent
9	THAKOR MAYURKUMAR RUPSINGJI	Independent
10	PATEL ANITABEN RAMABHAI	Independent
11	PATEL AMBALAL TALASHIBHAI	Independent
12	RATHOD GULABSINH DURSINH	Independent

 

 

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.