Kalaben Delkar clinches Dadar & Nagar Haveli Lok Sabha seat for BJP

June 05, 2024

Dadar & Nagar Haveli: Kalaben Delkar, who switched from Shiv Sena (UBT) to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, secured victory for the BJP in the Dadar & Nagar Haveli (DNH) Lok Sabha seat with a lead of 57,584 votes on Tuesday.

Kalaben garnered 1,21,074 votes, surpassing Congress candidate Ajit Mahala who received 63,490 votes.

“We have fulfilled Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trust in us. The voters of DNH have shown overwhelming support for us. While we have addressed some public issues, others remain unresolved. Our focus now is to address these issues solely for the benefit of the public,” Kalaben stated after her win.

As the widow of the late Mohan Delkar, an independent MP who tragically passed away by suicide in February 2021, Kalaben had previously won the bypoll from the same seat on a Shiv Sena ticket, winning by over 51,000 votes.

However, a month prior to the announcement of the 2024 Lok Sabha poll dates, Kalaben and her son Abhinav Delkar had met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi before joining the BJP. – DeshGujarat

S.N. Candidate Party EVM Votes Postal Votes Total Votes % of Votes
1 DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI Bharatiya Janata Party 120833 241 121074 58.89
2 AJIT RAMJIBHAI MAHALA Indian National Congress 63423 67 63490 30.88
3 KURADA DEEPAKBHAI Bharat Adivasi Party 10188 9 10197 4.96
4 BORSA SANDIPBHAI S Bahujan Samaj Party 3147 5 3152 1.53
5 SHAILESHBHAI VARTHA Independent 2522 2 2524 1.23
6 NOTA None of the Above 5144 7 5151 2.51
Total 205257 331 205588

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