Articles tagged under: Bypolls

Success rate of BJP in Gujarat by-polls 69% after MLAs become Lok Sabha MPs

November 05, 2024
Success rate of BJP in Gujarat by-polls 69% after MLAs become Lok Sabha MPs

Gandhinagar: Vav assembly seat in Gujarat will go to by-polls on November 13. What are the chances of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) winning a by-election that comes after the Lok Sabha polls? If by-polls post Lok Sabha elections after new delimitation in effect (Post 2009) are analyzed the success rate of ruling BJP is nearly 69 percent. 2009: 6 seats went to by-polls after Lok Sabha elections, BJP gained 4, Congress 01 6 assembly seats went to by-polls as the MLAs resigned after get...Read More

BJP holds around 80% success rate in by-elections for assembly seats in Gujarat

November 04, 2024
BJP holds around 80% success rate in by-elections for assembly seats in Gujarat

Gandhinagar: Polling for the Vav assembly by-polls in Gujarat will take place on November 13th. This seat became vacant after then-Congress MLA Geniben Thakor resigned from the State Assembly after winning the Banaskantha Lok Sabha seat in the 2024 general elections. Available data suggests that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has performed significantly better than the main opposition party, Congress, in past by-elections. Over the last 15 years (post-delimitation), there have been b...Read More

Gujarat to provide special leave for Rajasthani employees for by-polls

November 02, 2024
Gujarat to provide special leave for Rajasthani employees for by-polls

Gandhinagar: To enable Rajasthan voters employed in Gujarat to participate in the by-elections for two assembly constituencies, the Gujarat government has directed establishments regulated by the Gujarat Shops and Establishments Act to provide them a special leave in place of their weekly day off. The instructions apply to voters from the Ramgadh constituency in Alwar district and the Choryasi constituency in Dungarpur district, where by-elections are scheduled for November 13. According t...Read More

Vav assembly seat bypoll: Geniben Thakor’s uncle files nomination as independent

October 24, 2024
Vav assembly seat bypoll: Geniben Thakor’s uncle files nomination as independent

Vav: Banaskantha Lok Sabha member Geniben Thakor's uncle Bhuraji Thakor has filed a nomination to contest the by-election of Vav assembly seat. Bhuraji is uncle of Geniben Thakor who vacated Vav seat to continue as Lok Sabha member. Bhuraji has filed a nomination as an independent candidate. Bhuraji has been associated with ruling Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP). He is contender to get BJP ticket to contest this by-poll. It is learnt that he filed nomination as he felt he has no chance to get BJP ti...Read More

Bypolls for Vav assembly seat in Gujarat on Nov 13th; results on 23rd

October 15, 2024
Bypolls for Vav assembly seat in Gujarat on Nov 13th; results on 23rd

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India today announced the schedule for general elections in two states, namely Maharashtra and Jharkhand. Along with that, the ECI also announced the schedule for bypolls on 48 assembly seats and 2 parliamentary constituencies across 15 states. Among them is the assembly constituency of Vav. According to the ECI's schedule, voters of Vav will cast their ballots on November 13, with the results to be announced on November 23, along with the results of all ...Read More

5 new members take oath ; BJP now occupying 88.46 percent seats in Gujarat Assembly

June 11, 2024
5 new members take oath ; BJP now occupying 88.46 percent seats in Gujarat Assembly

Gandhinagar: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat has increased its strength in the 182-seat State Assembly from 156 to 161 seats, giving it control of 88.44% of the seats. This change comes after five members, who won by-polls as BJP candidates, took their oaths today. The ceremony was administered by Speaker Shankar Chaudhary and attended by State Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. The newly sworn-in members are: Arjun Modhwadia from Porbandar Arvind Ladani from...Read More

BJP candidate Chirag Patel wins Khambhat assembly bypoll in Gujarat

June 04, 2024
BJP candidate Chirag Patel wins Khambhat assembly bypoll in Gujarat

Khambhat: At the end of the counting of votes through all 17 rounds, ruling Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) candidate Chirag Patel won the by-election of Khambhat assembly seat in Central Gujarat by getting 87,707 votes. Chirag Patel won the election by a margin of 38,202 votes against the nearest rival candidate Mahendrasinh Parmar who could get 49,505 votes. An independent candidate Mahipatsinh Chauhan got 15,631 votes. The by-poll was necessited due to resignation of Chirag Patel as Congress MLA....Read More

BJP candidate Arvind Ladani wins Manavadar assembly bypoll in Gujarat

June 04, 2024
BJP candidate Arvind Ladani wins Manavadar assembly bypoll in Gujarat

Manavdar: Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) candidate Arvind Ladani has won the by-election of Manavdar assembly seat by a margin of 30,797 votes. The counting through 20 rounds completed by 2 pm today and Ladani emerged as victorious against his nearest rival candidate, Congress party's Haribhai Kansagara who could get 50,101 votes. The by-poll on this seat was necessited due to resignation of Ladani as Congress MLA. Ladani then joined BJP and contested by-poll as BJP candidate.  DeshGujaratRead More

BJP candidate CJ Chavda wins Vijapur assembly bypoll in Gujarat

June 04, 2024
BJP candidate CJ Chavda wins Vijapur assembly bypoll in Gujarat

Gandhinagar: The counting of votes through all 18 rounds is over for the Vijapur assembly by-election. BJP candidate Dr. C.J. Chavda has won the seat with 55,690 votes against his nearest rival candidate, Dineshbhai Patel. Chavda got 99,083 votes, while Dinesh Patel got 43,393 votes. The by-poll was necessited due to the resignation of Chavda as Congress MLA. Chavda then contested the by-polls as BJP candidate. DeshGujaratRead More

BJP leads in all 5 seats in Gujarat Assembly bypolls

June 04, 2024
BJP leads in all 5 seats in Gujarat Assembly bypolls

Gandhinagar: BJP candidates are leading on all five assembly seats in by-polls in Gujarat. Party candidates CJ Chavda (Vijapur), Arjun Modhwadia (Porbandar), Arvind Ladani (Manavdar), Chirag Patel (Khambhat), and Dharmendrasinh Vaghela (Vaghodia) are leading consistently, and at noon they are leading by a good margin. The counting is in progress. All five seats were previously not with the BJP. At noon: -CJ Chavda leading by 27,705 votes -Arjun Modhwadiad by 83,694 votes -Arvind Ladani by ...Read More