Gujarat Elections 2022: BJP Releases First List of 160 Candidates, CM Bhupendra Patel to Contest from Ghatlodia

Gujarat Elections 2022: | The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday announced the list of its candidates for the forthcoming Gujarat Assembly Polls 2022, scheduled t0o be held in 2 phases on December 1st and 5th. CM Bhupendra Patel will  contest the elections from Ghatlodiya constituency. Check full list of candidates. 

Updated: November 10, 2022, 11:59 AM IST

Gujarat Elections 2022:  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday announced the list of its candidates for the forthcoming Gujarat Assembly Polls 2022, scheduled to be held in 2 phases on December 1st and 5th.  The prominent names announced in the first list include—CM Bhupendra Patel, Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja’s wife Rivaba Jadeja,  Hardik Patel and former Morbi MLA Kantilal Amrutya.

While CM Bhupendra Patel will contest the elections from Ghatlodiya constituency, cricketer Ravindra Jadeja’s wife Rivaba Jadeja has been fielded from the Jamnagar Uttam constituency. Gujarat Home minister Harsh Sanghavi will contest the election from the Majura constituency. Check full list of candidates below.

GUJARAT ELECTIONS 2022: BJP’s LIST OF CANDIDATES

  • Avrasa: Pradyuman Jadeja
  • Gandhidham: Maltiben Maheshwari
  • Rapar: Virendra Singh Bahadur Singh Jadeja
  • Morbi: Kantilal Amrutiya
  • Rajkot East: Udaykumar Kangar
  • Rajkot West: Dr Smt Darshita Parashah
  • Majura: Harsh Sanghvi
  • Viramgam: Hardik Patel

GUJARAT ELECTIONS 2022

Gujarat will vote in two phases on December 1st and 5th. The counting of votes will be done on December 8 to constitute a new 182-member state assembly.

FULL SCHEDULE OF GUJARAT ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2022

Gujarat Assembly Election Phase 1

  • Date of issue of gazette notification: November 05
  • Last date of nominations for Gujarat polls: November 14
  • Scrutiny date for nominations: November 15
  • Last date of withdrawal of nominations: November 17
  • Date of Gujarat phase 1 polling: December 01 (Thursday)
  • Date of vote counting: December 08

Gujarat Assembly Election Phase 2

  • Date of issue of gazette notification: November 10
  • Last date of nominations for Gujarat polls: November 17
  • Scrutiny date for nominations: November 18
  • Last date of withdrawal of nominations: November 21
  • Date of Gujarat phase 1 polling: December 05 (Monday)
  • Date of vote counting: December 08

In 2017 results of Gujarat Assembly election, BJP won 99 seats while Congress party secured 77 seats in total. While Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) secured just 2 seats and NCP had only one. The seat tally of Independent candidates was three.

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