- Thakor surges past Rajput, he bagged 92,176 votes, restricting Rajput to 89,734
- Independent candidate Mavji Patel, who had contested after being denied the BJP ticket, finished third with 27,195 votes
NE NEWS SERVICE
PALANPUR, NOV 23
Swarupji Thakor, a prominent BJP leader, emerged victorious in the Vav assembly bypoll in Gujarat, defeating his Congress rival Gulabsinh Rajput by a margin of 2,442 votes, according to the Election Commission of India.
ભારતીય જનતા પાર્ટીના કાર્યકર્તાઓના પાવરે માવજીભાઈને ધૂળ ચાટતા કરી દીધા. વાવના મતદારોએ મોદી સાહેબના નેતૃત્વમાં વિશ્વાસ કરીને વિકાસને મહત્વ આપીને ભાજપના ઉમેદવારને મત આપ્યો છે. હું વાવની જનતાનો આભાર વ્યક્ત કરું છું.
– કેન્દ્રીય જળશક્તિ મંત્રી અને પ્રદેશ અધ્યક્ષ શ્રી @CRPaatil pic.twitter.com/voQtZgLCUf
— BJP Gujarat (@BJP4Gujarat) November 23, 2024
Thakor surged past Rajput in the last two rounds. He bagged 92,176 votes, restricting Rajput to 89,734.
Gujarat Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi said the party has accepted defeat in a closely held contest where Rajput lost by around 1,300 votes.
Independent candidate Mavji Patel, who had contested after being denied the BJP ticket, finished third with 27,195 votes.
The bypoll to the Vav assembly segment was necessitated following the resignation of Congress MLA Geniben Thakor after her victory from the Banaskantha Lok Sabha constituency.
The electoral battle gained significant attention as it was the first major contest in the region after Congress’s victory in the Banaskantha Lok Sabha seat, under which the Vav Assembly segment falls.
The voter turnout recorded was 70.55 percent.
With the Vav victory, the BJP’s tally in the 182-member Gujarat assembly went up to 162.
The constituency’s demographic makeup includes approximately 83,000 voters from the Thakor community, 50,000 from the Chaudhary community, 43,000 Dalits, 25,000 Maldharis (OBC), and 18,000 Brahmins.
