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Gandhinagar Lok Sabha election: 55.65% turnout as Amit Shah eyes 2nd consecutive term
KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)
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Summary
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Amit Shah is eyeing a second consecutive term from Gandhinagar and is pitted against Congress’ Sonal Patel.
Gandhinagar, one of the 26 parliamentary constituencies in Gujarat, has been a citadel of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 1989 and is currently represented by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. During the third phase of polling on Tuesday, the constituency recorded a voter turnout of 55.65%.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Shah is eyeing a second consecutive term in this seat and is pitted against Congress candidate Sonal Patel, who is the All India Congress Committee (AICC) secretary. An architect by profession, Patel is also the party co-in-charge of Mumbai and western Maharashtra.
Voting for the 2024 elections in Gujarat is being held in a single phase on May 7 across 25 of the 26 seats after BJP’s Surat candidate Mukesh Dalal was declared elected unopposed after the nomination of Congress’ Nilesh Kumbhani was rejected while other candidates withdrew from the contest. The counting of votes will be done on June 4.
Gandhinagar, which encompasses seven assembly segments — all held by the BJP — holds a strong urban presence with a 79% urban electorate. This constituency reflects a significant Hindu majority demographic and has previously sent stalwarts like former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and BJP veteran LK Advani.
Advani, first elected from here in 1998, represented the seat until 2019 when he was replaced by Amit Shah, who defeated the rival Congress candidate CJ Chavda by more than 5.57 lakh votes.
Voting date
Polling for the 2024 general elections in Gujarat will be held in a single phase on May 7. Till 9 am, the voter turnout in Gandhinagar was at 39.23%.
During the 2019 polls, Gandhinagar registered a total voter turnout of 66.08%.
List of candidates
A total of 14 candidates are in the fray for the Gandhinagar seat in the 2024 general elections. Here’s a look at some of the prominent names on the list:
| Candidate names | Party |
| Amit Shah | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) |
| Sonal Patel | Congress |
| Mohammedanish Desai | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) |
| MS Devnarian | Prajatantra Aadhar Party |
| Rahul Mehta | Right to Recall Party |
| Pathan Imtiyajkhan | Independent |
2019 results
BJP’s Amit Shah registered a landslide victory from Gandhinagar in the 2019 elections, bagging 8,94,624 votes. Congress’ CJ Chavda could only manage to get 3,37,610 votes.
| Candidate names | Party | Vote Share |
| Amit Shah | BJP | 8,94,624 (70%) |
| CJ Chavda | Congress | 3,37,610 (26%) |
| NOTA | – | 14,214 (1%) |
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