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Viramgam Gujarat Assembly Election Result 2022 LIVE Updates: Congress's Bharwad Lakhabhai bagged the seat in 2017 defeating Dr Tejshriben of BJP.
Counting of votes is underway in the Gujarat Assembly elections. VIP candidate Hardik Patel has bagged the Viramgam seat. He defeated Congress's Bharwad Lakhabhai Bhikhabhai with a vote margin of 51,707 and secured 99,155 votes.
Viramgam is one of the key constituencies in the state. Hardik Patel was earlier in Congress but joined the BJP this year. One of the 182 assembly constituencies, Viramgam falls under the Ahmedabad district and has 3,02,734 eligible voters. The constituency has over 1,56,000 male voters and over 1,46,700 female, while four registered voters are of the third gender. Congress candidate Bharwad Lakhabhai Bhikhabhai won this constituency in the 2017 state Assembly elections. Bhikhabhai defeated BJP candidate Dr Tejshriben Dilipkumar Patel by a margin of 6,548. Overall, Congress had a vote share of 41.02 per cent in the previous election.
Meanwhile, the BJP has taken crossed the majority mark of 95 with 109 seats, while the Congress managed to get on 10 seats. AAP has won four seats.
Candidates from Viramgam
The candidates contesting in the 2022 Gujarat Assembly elections from Viramgam are BJP’s Hardik Bharatbhai Patel, Amarsinh Anadaji Thakor from AAP, Chetanji Meruji Thakor from Garvi Gujarat Party, Ashok Mahendraprasad Nimbark from Gujarat Nav Nirman Sena, Bharwad Lakhabhai Bhikhabhai from Congress.
Independent candidates
Kirit Rathod, Devipujak Rajeshbhai Laghrabhai, Mahendra K Chauhan, Mirza Abid Alibhai, Virambhai Talpadakoli, Ko Pa Sukhabhai Karmanbhai and Hardikkumar Jagdishchandra Patel are Independent candidates,
2017 result
In 2017, Congress' Bharwad Lakhabhai Bhikhabhai won the Viramgam constituency with 76,178 votes. While the runner-up candidate was Dr Tejshriben Dilipkumar Patel from BJP who secured 69,630 votes.
Elections in Gujarat were held in two phases on December 1 and December 5. The results for both phases are scheduled to be declared today, December 8. The counting of votes will begin shortly at 8 am.
11:20 am: Hardik Patel (39745) extends lead to over 16,000 votes against AAP's Amarsinh Thakor (23532) and Congress' Bharwad with 16084 votes.
10:20 am: Hardik Patel (17759) maintains lead over AAP's Amarsinh Thakor (14660). Congress' Lakhabhai Bharwad is still distant third with 5086 votes.
9:50 am: Hardik Patel (11131) has regained lead over AAP's Amarsinh Thakor (8908). Congress' Lakhabhai Bharwad is a distant third with 3153 votes.
9:25 am: BJP's Hardik Patel (2961 votes) is trailing to AAP's Amarsinh Anadaji Thakor (3130). Congress' Lakhabhai Bhikabhai Bharwad is in third with 998 votes as per the official Election Commission update.
7:45 am: Hardik Patel confident of BJP win in Gujarat
Speaking to the media, BJP’s Viramgam candidate Hardik Patel said he was confident that the party will win 135-145 seats. “135-145, we are definitely going to form the Govt. Do you have any doubts?” Patel was quoted as saying.
“Government being formed on the basis of work. No riots/terrorist attacks here in past 20 years. People know BJP met their expectations.They press 'Lotus' as their future will be safe under BJP. It did good governance and strengthened this trust,” he added.
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Stay tuned for the latest updates on counting and results for Gujarat Assembly Elections 2022. To track the live coverage of the seat, you can tune in to Zee News and other news channels or follow the result day live updates on DNA India.
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