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Gandhinagar Lok Sabha Constituency of Gujarat: Full list of candidates, polling dates

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency of Gujarat.

Gandhinagar Lok Sabha Constituency of Gujarat: Full list of candidates, polling dates File Photo

Gandhinagar Lok Sabha Constituency, is one of 26 Lok Sabha constituencies in the western state of Gujarat and cast its vote in the 2019 election on April 23. The results would be declared on May 23.

Gandhinagar registered 65.57 percent voter turnout in 2019, a gain of 0.47 percent. The total number of electors in the constituency is 1945149 while the total voter turnout is 1275394. While in 2014, the constituency registered 65.10 percent voter turnout. The total number of electors in the constituency was 1733077 while the total voter's turnout was 1128297.

Amit Shah of Bharatiya Janata Party, Dr. CJ Chavda of Indian National Congress and Jayendra Karshanbhai Rathod of Bahujan Samaj Party are a few prominent candidates contesting for general election 2019 from Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency of Gujarat.

Gandhinagar constituency covers seven assembly segments – Gandhinagar Uttar, Kalol, Sanand, Ghatlodiya, Vejalpur, Naranpura and Sabarmati.

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency of Gujarat.

Gujarat Lok Sabha constituencies: All you need to know

SL. NO. Candidate Name Party Name
1 AMIT SHAH Bharatiya Janata Party
2 Dr. C. J. CHAVDA Indian National Congress
3 JAYENDRA KARSHANBHAI RATHOD Bahujan Samaj Party
4 CHANDRAPAL HASMUKH BAVJIBHAI Peoples Party of India (Democratic)
5 NARENDRABHAI REVASHANKAR TRIVEDI Jan Satya Path Party
6 PATEL AMARISH JASVANTLAL (C. A.) Hindusthan Nirman Dal
7 BHOGILAL J. RATHOD (ADVOCATE) Bahujan Mukti Party
8 MAKVANA PRAKASHBHAI BAHECHARJI (HITUBHA) Garvi Gujarat Party
9 RAHUL CHIMANBHAI MEHTA Right to Recall Party
10 Dr. N. T. SENGAL Bahujan Suraksha Dal
11 KHODABHAI LALAJIBHAI DESAI Independent
12 PATHAN FIROZKHAN SAEEDKHAN Independent
13 MAKWANA ANILKUMAR SOMABHAI Independent
14 MAHENDRABHAI SOMABHAI PATNI Independent
15 RATHOD VALJIBHAI BECHARBHAI Independent
16 VORA ALIMAHMAD RAJABHAI Independent
17 SHEKH SHAHINBANU MOLANA MUSTAK Independent

Also read: Gandhinagar Lok Sabha Constituency

In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, veteran leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – Lal Krishna Advani roared to victory by winning with a huge margin of over 4.80 lakh votes. He has won five consecutive elections from Gandhinagar constituency since 1998.

Advani had defeated Kiritbhai Ishvarbhai Patel of the Indian National Congress (INC). Advani had secured 773539 votes while Patel got 290418 votes.