Ahmedabad: BJP president Amit Shah, the main architect of the party’s spectacular performance, has won from Gandhinagar constituency with a record margin of 5.74 lakh votes for the seat. The BJP has also won all 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat, repeating its performance of 2014.
Mr Shah defeated his nearest rival and the Congress candidate and Gandhinagar MLA C .J. Chawada, breaking the record of 4.83 lakh votes set by party veteran L K Advani.
The BJP’s C.R. Patil has won the Navsari seat in south Gujarat with a margin of 6.86 lakh votes, the highest winning margin in the state.
The result of the Lok Sabha election in the state indicates that the people of Gujarat have voted for a son of the soil, Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“This is a clear victory of Modiji and Amit Shahji. People have rejected lies of the Congress and maintained their faith in Modiji as they feel that only Modiji can lead the country,” Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said.
In a stunning performance by the BJP in Modi-Shah’s fortress, many big shots of the Congress had to face defeat. While leader of the opposition in the Assembly, Paresh Dhanani, lost to BJP candidate Naran Kachhadia in Amreli, two former ministers in the UPA government, Bharatsinh Solanki and Tushar Chaudhary, lost from Anand and Bardoli.
The Congress hoped to get at least four seats — Amreli, Anand, Junagadh and Patan — and on another four seats it was expecting a close fight.
But the BJP secured a comfortable victory in all 26 constituencies.
Hardik Patel, the young Patidar leader of the Congress, also failed to get votes.
