Vadgam Gujarat Assembly Election Result 2022 Highlights: Firebrand Dalit leader and Vadgam’s sitting MLA Jignesh Mevani of the Congress party won the SC-reserved Vadgam contituency by a margin of 4,928 votes. While Jignesh Mevani won 92,567 votes, his rival BJP candidate Manibhai Vaghela got 88,710 votes. AAP candidate Dalpatbhai Bhatiya got 4,315 votes. Mevani had won Vadgam in 2017 as an independent candidate supported by the Congress party. His rival, Vaghela, is a turncoat who switched from Congress to BJP after he was denied ticket in 2017. He held the Vadgam seat from 2012 to 2017.
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Vadgam is a reserved seat for the scheduled castes (SCs), where Muslim voters play a decisive role. Muslim voters, estimated to be around 90,000, account for a third of Vadgam’s 2.94-lakh electorate. There are about 44,000 dalit voters and 15,000 Rajputs. The rest comprise mostly OBCs.
Gujarat Vadgam Election Results Highlights: In the 2022 Gujarat Assembly elections, Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani was contesting on a Congress ticket, who was up against Bharatiya Janata Party’s Manilal Vaghela and Dalpat Bhatiya of the Aam Aadmi Party.
In Vadgam constituency number 11, BJP's Manibhai Vaghela is leading with 31,060 votes so far, Congress' Jignesh Mevani is trailing with 28,594 votes so far. AAP's Dalpat Bhatiya has got 2,249 votes so far.
Congress candidate Jignesh Mevani trails as second round of counting is underway. In round 2 of voting which is underway, Jignesh Mevani has got 3,651 votes, and Manilal Vaghela who is the BJP candidate has go 4,079 votes. Dalpatbhai Laljibhai of the AAP has 589 votes till now.
A three-tier security system has been ensured at all the counting centres with local police and personnel of State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) and Central Armed Police Force (CAPF).
Counting of votes for the high-stakes Gujarat Assembly polls began Thursday morning at 37 counting centres amid tight security and in the presence of Election Commission of India-appointed observers across the state.
While counting of postal ballots began at 8 am, counting of EVM votes will begin at 8.30 am.
The Commission has made elaborate security arrangements to ensure a smooth counting process. The entire counting process is being videotaped.
Counting for the 182-member Gujarat Assembly begins! The electoral contest in the constituency is between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress and the new entrant Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
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In the 2017 polls, a total of 10 candidates were in the fray from the Assembly constituency. Jignesh Mevani had won the seat by upstaging BJP's Chakravarti Vijaykumar Harkhabhai by a margin of 19,696 votes. In the 2017 Gujarat Assembly elections, Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani contesting as an Independent candidate defeated BJP candidate Vijaykumar Cakravarti by 19,696 votes.