BJP releases listing of six extra candidates for Gujarat polls; all seats in first section lined
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AHMEDABAD: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday introduced candidates for six extra seats within the Gujarat Assembly elections.
With this, the ruling social gathering has introduced the names of candidates for all 89 seats, out of the full 182, that can go to polls within the first section of the two-phase elections.
Overall, the BJP has to date named candidates for 166 Assembly segments because it issued the primary listing of 160 candidates on November 9.
Gujarat will go to polls in two phases on December 1 and December 5 and the counting of votes will likely be performed on December 8.
Candidates can file their nomination varieties for the primary section until 14 November.
As per its second listing, in Bhavnagar East constituency, the BJP has fielded Sejal Pandya as a substitute of Vibhavriben Dave, who was a minister within the erstwhile Vijay Rupani-led authorities.
From Dhoraji seat, the social gathering has given a ticket to former vice-chancellor of Saurashtra University Mahendra Padaliya.
The social gathering has fielded Mulu Bera from Khambhalia seat, Dheliben Odedra from Kutiyana, Hitesh Vasava from Dediapada (ST-reserved seat) and Sandeep Desai from Choryasi seat.
AHMEDABAD: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday introduced candidates for six extra seats within the Gujarat Assembly elections.
With this, the ruling social gathering has introduced the names of candidates for all 89 seats, out of the full 182, that can go to polls within the first section of the two-phase elections.
Overall, the BJP has to date named candidates for 166 Assembly segments because it issued the primary listing of 160 candidates on November 9.
Gujarat will go to polls in two phases on December 1 and December 5 and the counting of votes will likely be performed on December 8.
Candidates can file their nomination varieties for the primary section until 14 November.
As per its second listing, in Bhavnagar East constituency, the BJP has fielded Sejal Pandya as a substitute of Vibhavriben Dave, who was a minister within the erstwhile Vijay Rupani-led authorities.
From Dhoraji seat, the social gathering has given a ticket to former vice-chancellor of Saurashtra University Mahendra Padaliya.
The social gathering has fielded Mulu Bera from Khambhalia seat, Dheliben Odedra from Kutiyana, Hitesh Vasava from Dediapada (ST-reserved seat) and Sandeep Desai from Choryasi seat.
