Gandhinagar: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) office of Gujarat announced on Thursday that 16 candidates remain in the race for the Visavadar assembly bypolls, while 8 candidates are contesting for the Kadi seat. Thursday marked the final day for candidates to withdraw their nominations. Besides the BJP, Congress, and AAP, the contest includes candidates from the Prajashakti Democratic Party, Right To Recall Party, Bharatiya Jan Parishad, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Party, Aapki Awaz Party, and s...Read More

Gandhinagar: Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today declared its candidates for both Kadi and Visavadar assembly seats that are going to witness by-polls later this month. The party declared Rajendra Chavda as its candidate for Kadi seat which is reserved for scheduled caste candidates only. The party also declared Kiritbhai Patel as its candidate for Visavadar assembly seat, where generally all parties field Leuva Patidar community candidates. Congress has fielded Nitin Ranpariya for Visa...Read More

Gandhinagar: The gram panchayat elections under the assembly seats areas of Kadi and Visavdar are postponed. The talukas where gram panchayat elections are postponed include Kadi, Jotana, Visavdar, Bhesan, Junagadh (rural) and Bagasara. The gram panchayat elections in these talukas are postponed because they fall under Kadi and Visavdar assembly seats where assembly by-polls are scheduled and the staff is occupied in related process. These details were shared by the State Election Commission tod...Read More

Gandhinagar: Just a day after the announcement of by-elections for the Kadi and Visavadar Assembly constituencies, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today announced the names of in-charges, coordinators, and co-coordinators for these seats. These bypolls are scheduled to be held on June 19, with counting on June 23. The Kadi seat fell vacant following the demise of sitting MLA Karshan Solanki, while the Visavadar seat was vacated after the resignation of then AAP MLA Bhupat Bhayani, who l...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat will witness by-polls for two vacant assembly seats — Visavadar and Kadi — on June 19, the Election Commission declared today through a formal press release. While the Visavadar seat is vacant due to the resignation of then Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Bhupatbhai Bhayani (who later joined the BJP), the Kadi seat, which is reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates, is vacant due to the passing of then BJP MLA Karsanbhai Punjabhai Solanki. As per the press release by the ...Read More

Gandhinagar: As part of the preparations for the upcoming elections to the 24-Kadi (SC) and 87-Visavadar Assembly seats in Gujarat, the final voter lists for both constituencies were published today. According to the Election Commission, a total of 561 new voters have been added across both constituencies. In the Kadi Assembly constituency, there has been an increase of 152 male and 224 female voters, totaling 376 new voters. In the Visavadar Assembly constituency, the increase includes 24 male...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Congress has decided to fight the upcoming bypolls for Visavadar and Kadi Assembly seats on its own, without any alliance with their INDI Alliance party, Aam Aadmi Party. Mukul Wasnik, the national general secretary and organizational in-charge of Congress, today held a meeting with the Political Affairs Committee. During this meeting, it was decided that Congress would contest the upcoming by-elections in Visavadar and Kadi independently. Announcing the decision, Gujara...Read More

Junagadh: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, during his visit to Visavadar in Junagadh district, announced new development projects worth ₹634 crore and inaugurated or laid the foundation for works amounting to ₹94 crore. He assured that the state government would provide the necessary funds for further development based on proposals submitted by local teams. Among the key announcements were ₹259 crore allocated for new roads in Visavadar taluka and ₹55 crore for a new sub-district hospita...Read More

Visavadar: BJP leader Harshad Ribadiya has withdrawn his petition challenging the victory of Bhupat Bhayani from the Visavadar seat in the 2022 Gujarat Assembly election. This move paves the way for the announcement of by-elections for the seat. In the 2022 elections, Aam Aadmi Party’s Bhupat Bhayani won the Visavadar Assembly seat. BJP's Harshad Ribadiya had challenged his victory in the High Court, alleging irregularities. However, Bhayani later resigned from the Gujarat Assembly as an AAP ...Read More

Ahemdabad: The Gujarat High Court recently dismissed a petition requesting the Election Commission (EC) to conduct a by-election for the Visavadar assembly seat, which has been vacant since the resignation of its sitting MLA ten months ago. In its October 4 ruling, the court stated that a by-election in this constituency cannot occur due to a pending petition from a losing candidate contesting the results against the winning nominee. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal an...Read More