2020 Gujarat Legislative Assembly by-elections
By-polls for 8 constituencies of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly were carried out in November 2020. The bypolls were necessitated after sitting Congress MLAs resigned. Five of them then joined the ruling BJP, which fielded them from the same seats they had won in the 2017 elections. As many as 81 candidates contested the bypolls across the eight seats.[1][2]
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Results by constituency
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | ||||||
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| Candidate | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Votes | ||||
| Abdasa | Pradhyumansinh Mahipatsinh Jadeja | BJP | 71,848 | Dr. Shantilal Senghani | INC | 35,070 | 36,778 | ||
| Limbdi | Kiritsinh Rana | BJP | 88,928 | Khachar Chetanbhai Ramkubhai | INC | 56,878 | 32,050 | ||
| Morbi | Brijesh Merja | BJP | 64,711 | Jayantilal Jerajbhai Patel | INC | 60,062 | 4,649 | ||
| Dhari | Kakadiya J.V. | BJP | 49,695 | Sureshbhai Manubhai Kotadiya | INC | 32,592 | 17,209 | ||
| Gadhada | Atmaram Parmar | BJP | 71,912 | Mohanbhai Shankarbhai Solanki | INC | 48,617 | 23,295 | ||
| Karjan | Akshaykumar Patel | BJP | 76,958 | Jadeja Kiritsinh Dolubha | INC | 60,533 | 16,425 | ||
| Dang | Vijaybhai Rameshbhai Patel | BJP | 94,006 | Suryakantbhai Ratanbhai Gavit | INC | 33,911 | 60,095 | ||
| Kaprada | Jitubhai Harjibhai Chaudhari | BJP | 1,12,941 | Babubhai Jivlabhai Patel | INC | 65,875 | 47,066 | ||
References
- "Gujarat Bypolls 2020 Result: BJP Sweeps Victory in All 8 Seats". 10 November 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- "Bye Elections 2020 (Parliamentary and Assemblies)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
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