Ahmedabad: A by-election was held on June 19 for two seats of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly—Visavadar and Kadi. The results delivered a split verdict, with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) retaining the Kadi seat and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) winning Visavadar. Both victorious candidates have now taken oath as Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs). The oath was administered by Gujarat Vidhan Sabha Speaker Shankar Chaudhary at the state assembly complex. BJP’s Rajendra Chavda ...Read More

Kadi: The counting of votes for the Kadi Assembly seat has concluded, with BJP candidate Rajendra Chavda securing a resounding victory. The ruling party has retained the seat with a lead of 39,427 votes. The BJP received a total of 99,709 votes, while Congress candidate Ramesh Chavda secured 60,282 votes. Aam Aadmi Party's Jagdish Chavda received 3,089 votes, and 1,701 votes were cast for NOTA. After the counting of votes began at 8 AM, the ruling BJP candidate maintained the lead throughout t...Read More

Visavadar/Kadi: The counting of votes for the by-elections to two vacant Assembly seats, Visavadar and Kadi in Gujarat, started this morning at 8 am. The outcome is expected to become clear by around noon. Visavadar is located in the Junagadh district in the Saurashtra region, while Kadi lies in North Gujarat. Update at 1 pm: BJP retains Kadi seat with Rajendra Chavda winning by a margin of over 38,000 votes, while AAP's Gopal Italia has secured victory for the party in Visavadar with a lead ...Read More

Visavadar / Kadi : Counting of votes for the by-elections of two vacant Assembly seats, Visavadar and Kadi in Gujarat has began this morning. The picture of who is going to win will be clear by around noon. Update at 1 pm: BJP retains Kadi seat with Rajendra Chavda winning by a margin of over 38,000 votes, while AAP's Gopal Italia has secured victory for the party in Visavadar with a lead of over 17,000 votes at the end of all 21 rounds of counting. Update at 11:40 am: BJP leads by a margin of...Read More

Kadi/Visavadar: Voting concluded peacefully on Thursday for the by-elections in the Visavadar and Kadi assembly constituencies. As per the Election Commission of India, Visavadar recorded a voter turnout of 57.80%, while Kadi saw 56.89% turnout. Although these are provisional numbers and are likely to rise. The polling, which began at 7 AM and continued till 6 PM, was largely smooth, barring a minor scuffle between BJP and AAP workers in Viraval village, which was quickly brought under control ...Read More

Kadi/Visavadar: Polling began on Thursday morning for the by-elections to the Visavadar and Kadi assembly constituencies in Gujarat, where candidates from the BJP, Congress, and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are contesting. Voting started at 7 am and will continue until 6 pm, according to election officials. Update at 5  pm: 54.61% voter turnout in Visavadar, Kadi records 54.49% turnout at 5 pm, as per ECI data. Update at 3 pm: As per the Election Commission of India (ECI), voter turnout stood at 46....Read More

Gandhinagar: The ongoing campaign for the Visavdar and Kadi assembly seats by-polls ended today (17 June) at 6 pm. Polling on these two seats will take place on June 19th. In the 48-hour period starting from 6 pm today (17th of June), candidates can pay door-to-door visits in a maximum number of five persons. They can wear caps with election symbol over it, but can't roam around with banners. Those from outside the assembly seat area and not registered voter will need to leave the assembly seat ...Read More

Kadi: The by-election campaign in the Kadi Assembly constituency has intensified, with former Congress MLA Baldevji Thakor and former Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel engaging in a heated exchange of allegations. At a convention of the Maldhari (pastoralist) community, Baldevji Thakor accused Nitin Patel of cancelling land allotments made to the Rabari community. “During the Congress regime, Rabaris were given land for grazing buffaloes and other essential activities through their community ...Read More

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