Sabarkantha Lok Sabha Election Result 2019: BJP's Rathod Dipsinh Shankarsinh emerges victorious

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

Sabarkantha Lok Sabha Election Result 2019:  BJP's Rathod Dipsinh Shankarsinh defeats Congress's Thakor Rajendrasinh Shivsinh by 268987 votes

Constituency Profile

It consists of the following Assembly constituencies – Himatnagar, Idar(SC), Khedbrahm (ST), Bhiloda(ST), Modasa, Bayad and Prantij.

Congress’ Thakor Rajendrasingh Shivsinh of INC will take on Rathod Dipsinh Shankarsinh of BJP.

In 2014, Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod of BJP won by a margin of 84,000 votes to beat Shankersinh Vagehela who was then with Congress.

 

Total candidate list:

 

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	THAKOR RAJENDRASINH SHIVSINH	Indian National Congress
2	RATHOD DIPSINH SHANKARSINH	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	VINODBHAI JETHABHAI MESARIYA	Bahujan Samaj Party
4	KHARADI DHARMENDRASINGH SAMSUBHAI	Bhartiya Tribal Party
5	JADEJA INDRAVIJAYSINH KALYANSINH	Yuva Jan Jagriti Party
6	NARESHKUMAR RAMESHBHAI PATEL	Bharatiya National Janta Dal
7	PATEL JAYANTIBHAI SHAMJIBHAI	Hindusthan Nirman Dal
8	MAYURSINH VANRAJSINH ZALA	Rashtra Vikas Zumbes Party
9	LAXMISHANKAR MADHUSUDAN JOSHI	Jan Satya Path Party
10	VIKRAMBHAI BAHECHARBHAI MAKWANA	Garvi Gujarat Party
11	KALABHAI BABABHAI PARMAR	Independent
12	ZALA DALPATSINH MOTISINH	Independent
13	PATEL KIRITKUMAR BABARBHAI	Independent
14	PATEL KESHAVLAL GANGARAMBHAI	Independent
15	PATHAN AAIYUBKHAN AJABKHAN	Independent
16	RAVAL RAJUBHAI PUNJABHAI	Independent
17	LATA BABUBHAI NATHAJI	Independent
18	LUHAR HAFIJHUSEN HAJINURMAHMAD	Independent
19	SANGHANI MUSTAKBHAI JAMALBHAI	Independent
20	SOLANKI MAGANBHAI LAKHABHAI	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.