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Gujarat Assembly Election 2022: Full list of Congress winners

By, New Delhi
Dec 08, 2022 07:17 PM IST

Gujarat Assembly Election 2022 results: The party finished way behind the BJP, which has been in power in the state since 1995.

Gujarat Assembly election 2022 results: The Congress will continue to remain in opposition in Gujarat, as it finished a distant second to the ruling BJP in the recently-held assembly election in prime minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah's native state, the votes cast for which were counted on Thursday..

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However, besides failing to dislodge the saffron party – in power here since 1995 – the grand old party has, thus far, failed to win even 20 seats. While the BJP is closing in on 150 seats in the 182-member assembly, the Congress's tally stands at just 16, with one more party candidate leading from his constituency.

Also Read: Decoding why the Congress ended up with its worst performance in Gujarat

Here's a list of Congress candidates who won, or are in the lead:

SeatCongress candidateStatus
AnklavAmit ChavdaWinner (margin: 2,729 votes; runner-up: BJP)
BansdaAnantkumar Hasmukhbhai PatelWinner (margin; 35,033; runner-up: BJP)
ChanasmaThakor Dineshbhai AtajiWinner (margin: 1,404; runner-up: BJP)
DanilimdaShailesh Manubhai ParmarWinner (margin: 13,487; runner-up: BJP)
DantaKantibhai Kalabhai KharadiWinner (margin: 6,327; runner-up: BJP)
Jamalpur-KhadiaImran KhedawalaWinner (margin: 13,658; runner-up: BJP)
KankrejAmrutji Motiji ThakorWinner (margin: 5,295 votes; runner-up: BJP)
KhambhatChiragkumar Arvindbhai PatelWinner (margin: 3,711; runner-up: BJP)
KhedbrahmaDr Tushar Amarsinh ChaudharyLeading (margin: 2,048; trailing: BJP)
LunawadaGulabsinh Somsinh ChauhanWinner (margin: 26,620; runner-up: BJP)
ManavadarArvindbhai Jinabhai LadaniWinner (margin: 3,453; runner-up: BJP)
PatanKiritkumar Chimanlal PatelWinner (margin: 17,177; runner-up: BJP)
PorbandarArjunbhai Devabhai ModhwadiaWinner (margin: 8,181; runner-up: BJP)
SomnathChudasma Vimalbhai KanabhaiWinner (margin: 922; runner-up: BJP)
VadgamJignesh MevaniWinner (margin: 4,928; runner-up: BJP)
VavThakor Geniben NagajiWinner (margin: 15,601; runner-up: BJP)
VijapurDr CJ ChavdaWinner (margin: 7,053; runner-up: BJP)

The grand old party did not field candidates for three constituencies (Umreth, Naroda, and Devgarh Baria); on these, its ally, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), fielded its candidates. All three suffered defeat.

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