Union Ministers Shankarsinh Vaghela, Naran Rathwa defeated
May 16, 2009
Union Ministers Shankarsinh Vaghela, Naran Rathwa defeated
Ahmedabad, DeshGujarat, 16 May, 2009
In a major setback to Congress in Gujarat, Union Textile Minister Shankarsinh Vaghela lost Lok Sabha election on tribal dominated Panchamahal seat by 2090 votes.
His rival BJP’s former state minister Prabhatsinh Chauhan has secured Panchamahal seat.
Shankarsinh was elected Member of Parliament from Kapadvanj seat in 2004. The Kapadvanj constituency does not exist any more after delimitation exercise.
Naran Rathwa, Minister of State for Railway was also defeated by 26,998 votes on Chhota Udepur seat by his rival BJP candidate in Gujarat.
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