Vadgam Election Result 2022: Congress' Jignesh Mevani leads against BJP’s Manibhai Vaghela by 3,840 votes

Jignesh Mevani, who is running for reelection as a representative of the Congress from the district of Vadgam in Gujarat, is leading by 3,840 votes against his closest challenger from ruling BJP's Manibhai Jethabhai Vaghela, according to trends at 4 pm. In 2017, the Dalit leader ran for office on his own, and he won in Vadgam, a district where Dalit and Muslim votes are heavily concentrated.

Mevani has received 78,845 votes so far, while Manibhai Vaghela has garnered 75,005 votes. Mevani officially joined the Congress party earlier this year. If this trend continues, it would be a big win for the party.

Vadgam is a reserved seat where Muslim votes play a deciding role in elections. One-third of Vadgam's 2.94-lakh electorate is Muslim, which equates to an estimated 90,000. Roughly 44,000 Dalits are eligible to vote, compared to 15,000 Rajputs. The remaining majority are mostly OBCs.

Votes in the Gujarat Assembly elections are still being counted. On December 1 and 5, the state conducted its first and second rounds of elections for its legislature. Up to 37 counting centres are been used to tally votes for the 182 open seats in the Assembly.

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In previous elections, the BJP and the Congress have faced off in Gujarat, but with the addition of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the race became three-cornered.