NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, NOV 10
The ruling BJP in Gujarat is leading in all the eight seats while the Congress is trailing behind as the counting of votes polled for the Assembly by-polls progressed on Tuesday.
પ્રેસ મીડિયાને સંબોધન.https://t.co/pAKl4hpaam
— Vijay Rupani (Modi Ka Parivar) (@vijayrupanibjp) November 10, 2020
The gap between the margin of votes polled by candidates of the Congress and the BJP is significant in at least five constituencies – Limbdi, Abdasa, Kaprada, Dang, and Karjan.
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijaybhai Rupani and senior state BJP leaders are holding a press conference at Kamalam, the state headquarters of the party, in Gandhinagar on Tuesday.
Jayantilal Patel of Congress, who was leading from Morbi earlier in the day, has fallen behind his BJP rival Brijesh Merja who has taken a lead of over 1,000 votes, as per the Election Commission data.
આદરણીય વિજયભાઈ રૂપાણીએ સરકારમાં ખૂબ લોક ઉપયોગી જાહેરાતો કરી, અને એના દ્વારા લોકોના મન જીત્યા અને જીતવા માટેના વાતાવરણનુ નિર્માણ થયું છે. હું નરેન્દ્રભાઈ મોદી સાહેબ, અમિતભાઈ શાહ સાહેબ અને વિજયભાઈ રૂપાણી સાહેબ અને સરકારનો આભાર માનું છું. : શ્રી @CRPaatil #BJPSweepsGujarat pic.twitter.com/VXrD9V1hos
— BJP Gujarat (@BJP4Gujarat) November 10, 2020
In seven other seats, the BJP has been maintaining a consistent lead since this morning.
After four hours of counting, former BJP minister Kiritsinh Rana is leading by over 22,000 votes in Limbdi. In Abdasa, Pradhumansinh Jadeja of BJP is leading over 16,000 votes.
Jitu Chaudhari and Vijay Patel (both from BJP) have also taken a comfortable lead of more than 14,000 votes each over their challengers from the Congress in Kaprada and Dang, respectively.
Akshay Patel of the BJP is leading by a margin of 9,900 votes from Karjan.
While JV Kakadiya is ahead of his Congress rival by a margin of more than 5,500 votes from the Dhari seat, former BJP minister Atmaram Parmar is leading with over 9,500 votes in Gadhada.
A total of 81 candidates contested the by-polls to eight seats on November 3, for which a voter turnout of 60.75 percent was recorded.
