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Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad | By
May 02, 2020 07:55 PM IST

The BJP has tried to revive itself in the region through welfare schemes and by poaching Congress legislators. Modi has also held three out of his six rallies in Gujarat in Saurashtra. Congress president, Rahul Gandhi, addressed two of his five rallies in the region.

All 26 seats in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat will go to the polls in the third phase of ongoing general elections on Tuesday. The contest is primarily between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress.

As many as 43 million voters are eligible to vote while 371 candidates are in the fray. Surendranagar has a maximum of 31 candidates and Panchamhal the lowest, 6.(HT Photo)
As many as 43 million voters are eligible to vote while 371 candidates are in the fray. Surendranagar has a maximum of 31 candidates and Panchamhal the lowest, 6.(HT Photo)

The BJP won all 26 seats in 2014. The Congress recorded its best ever performance in the state since 1995 when it won 79 out of 182 seats in the assembly elections in Gujarat in 2017. The BJP bagged 99 seats and formed the government.

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Saurashtra in south-western Gujarat will be keenly watched. The Congress swept the region, a BJP bastion, in 2017 on the back of disenchantment among farmers and business communities with the ruling BJP. The Congress won 32 out of the region’s 56 seats. The region sends seven lawmakers to Parliament.

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The BJP has tried to revive itself in the region through welfare schemes and by poaching Congress legislators. Modi has also held three out of his six rallies in Gujarat in Saurashtra. Congress president, Rahul Gandhi, addressed two of his five rallies in the region.

The Congress is also hoping to put up a better show in north Gujarat, which has six Lok Sabha seats. Other Backward Classes and Dalits, which have been the Congress’s traditional supporters, dominate the region. The BJP is banking on its strong presence in urban and semi-urban regions of Gujarat, where about 57% of the state’s total population lives.

Modi and BJP chief, Amit Shah, have extensively campaigned in Gujarat, focusing on nationalism and the Indian air strike in Pakistan on February 26 in retaliation to the February 14 bomb attack in Kashmir. The Congress campaign has centred on alleged corruption in the Rafale jet deal.

Shah is among those in the fray in Gujarat. He is up against the Congress’s three-term legislator, C J Chavda, in Gandhinagar. In Amreli, Congress’s Paresh Dhanani is pitted against BJP’s Naran Kachadiya. Former Congress state chief, Bharatsinh Solanki, is the party’s candidate in Anand, against BJP’s Mitesh Patel.

As many as 43 million voters are eligible to vote while 371 candidates are in the fray. Surendranagar has a maximum of 31 candidates and Panchamhal the lowest, 6.

Ahmedabad-based political analyst, Hari Desai, said Gujarat is a prestige issue for the BJP as it seeks to retain all 26 seats. Desai added the Congress is keen to build on its performance in 2017 assembly elections. “And for that reason, Saurashtra has been focus of both the Congress and the BJP. If Congress snatches a few seats from the BJP, it will be a huge moral victory for them.”

In Daman and Diu, sitting MP Lalubhai Patel of the BJP will face Ketan Patel of the Congress. The Union Territory is a set of two geographically independent areas in western India separated by Arabian Sea.

In Dadra and Nagar Haveli, the BJP has nominated its sitting MP Natubhai Gomanbhai Patel against Congress leader and six-term MP Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar. The Union Territory is landlocked between Gujarat and Maharashra.

 

Constituency Sitting MP
Assam
Dhubri Badruddin Ajmal, AIUDF
Kokrajhar Naba Kumar Sarania, IND
Barpeta Sirajuddin Ajmal, AIUDF
Gauhati Bijoya Chakravarty, BJP
Bihar
Jhanjharpur Birendra Kumar Choudhary, BJP
Supaul Ranjeet Ranjan, Congress
Araria Sarfaraz Alam, RJD 
Madhepura Pappu Yadav, RJD
Khagaria Mehboob Ali Kaiser, LJP
Chhattisgarh
Surguja Kamalbhan Singh Marabi, BJP
Raigarh Vishnu Deo Sai, BJP
Janjgir-Champa Kamla Patle, BJP
Korba Banshilal Mahto, BJP
Bilaspur Lakhan Lal Sahu, BJP
Durg Tamradhwaj Sahu, Congress
Raipur Ramesh Bais, BJP
Goa
North Goa Shripad Yesso Naik, Bharatiya Janata Party
South Goa Narendra Keshav Sawaikar, BJP
Gujarat
Kachchh Vinod Lakhamashi Chavda, BJP
Banaskantha Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary, BJP
Patan Liladharbhai Vaghela, BJP
Mahesana  Jayshreeben Kanubha Patel, BJP
Sabarkantha Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod, BJP
Gandhinagar LK Advani, BJP
Ahmedabad East Paresh Rawal, BJP
Ahmedabad West Kirit Premjibhai Solanki, BJP
Surendranagar Devjibhai Govindbhai Fatepara, BJP
Rajkot Mohanbhai Kundariya, BJP
Porbandar Vitthalbhai Hansrajbhai Radadiya, BJP
Jamnagar Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam, BJP
Junagadh Chudasama Rajeshbhai Naranbhai, BJP
Amreli Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya, BJP
Bhavnagar Dr Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shiyal, BJP
Anand Dilip M Patel, BJP
Kheda Devusinh Chauhan, BJP
Panchmahal Prabhatsinh Pratapsinh Chauhan, BJP
Dahod  Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor, BJP
Vadodara Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt , BJP (won bypoll)
Chhota Udaipur Ramsinh Rathwa, BJP
Bharuch Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava, BJP
Bardoli Prabhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava, BJP
Surat Darshana Vikram Jardosh, BJP
Navsari CR Patil, BJP
Valsad KC Patel, BJP
Jammu and Kashmir
Anantnag Vacant
Karnataka
Chikkodi Prakash Hukkeri, Congress
Belgaum Angadi Suresh Channabasappa, BJP
Bagalkot Gaddigoudar Parvatagouda Chandanagouda, BJP
Bijapur  Ramesh Jigajinagi, BJP
Gulbarga Mallikarjun Kharge, Congressha
Raichur BV Nayak, Congress
Bidar Bhagwanth Kuba, BJP
Koppal Karadi Sanganna Amarappa, BJP
Bellary B. Sreeramulu, BJP
Haveri Udasi Shivakumar Channabasappai, BJP
Dharwad Pralhad Joshi, BJP
Uttara Kannada Ananthkumar Hegde, BJP
Davanagere
Shimoga BS Yeddyurappa, BJP
Constituency Sitting MP
Kerala
Kasaragod P Karunakaran, CPI(M)
Kannur PK Srieemathi, CPI(M)
Vadakara Mullappally Ramachandran, INC
Wayanad  
Kozhikode Vacant after sitting MP MI Shavas of Congress died in 2016
Malappuram E. Ahamed, IUML
Ponnani ET Mohammed Basheer, IUML
Palakkad MB Rajesh, CPI(M)
Alathur P.K.Biju, CPI(M)
Thrissur C. N. Jayadevan, CPI
Chalakudy Innocent, Independent
Ernakulam KV Thomas, Congress
Idukki dv. Joice George, Independent
Kottayam  Jose K. Mani, Kerala Congress (M)
Alappuzha  KC Venugopal, Congress
Mavelikkara Kodikunnil Suresh, Congress
Pathanamthitta Anto Antony, Congress
Kollam NK Premachandran, RSP
Attingal A Sampath, CPI(M)
Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor, Congress
Maharashtra
Jalgaon A.T. Nana Patil, BJP
Raver Khadase Raksha Nikhil, BJP
Jalna Danve Raosaheb Dadarao, BJP
Aurangabad Sushil Kumar Singh, BJP
Raigad Anant Geete, Shiv Sena
Pune Anil Shirole, BJP
Baramati Supriya Sule, NCP
Ahmednagar Gandhi Dilipkumar Mansukhlal, BJP
Madha ohite Patil Vijaysinh Shankarrao, Nationalist Congress Party
Sangli Sanjaykaka Patil, BJP
Satara Udayanraje Pratapsinha Bhonsale, NCP
Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Vinayak Bhaurao Raut, Shiv Sena
Kolhapur Dhananjay Bhimrao Mahadik, NCP
Hatkanangle Raju Shetty, Swabhimani Paksha
Odisha
Sambalpur Nagendra Kumar Pradhan, BJD
Keonjhar Sakuntala Laguri, BJD
Dhenkanal Tathagata Satpathy, BJD
Cuttack Bhartuhari Mahatab, BJD
Puri Pinaki Misra, BJD
Bhubaneswar  Prasanna Kumar Patasani, BJD
Uttar Pradesh
Moradabad Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar, BJP
Rampur Nepal Singh, BJP
Sambhal Satyapal Singh, BJP
Firozabad  Akshay Yadav, SP
Mainpuri Tej Pratap Singh Yadav, SP
Etah Rajveer Singh, BJP
Badaun Dharmendra Yadav, SP
Aonla Dharmendra Kumar, BJP
Bareilly  Santosh Kumar Gangwar, BJP
Pilibhit Maneka Gandhi, BJP
West Bengal
Balurghat Arpita Ghosh, Trinamool Congress
Maldaha Uttar Mausam Noor, Congress
Maldaha Dakshin Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury, Congress
Jangipur Abhijit Mukherjee, Congress
Murshidabad  Badaruddoza Khan, CPI(M)
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Dadra and Nagar Haveli Natubhai Gomanbhai Patel, BJP
Daman and Diu
Daman and Diu Lalubhai Patel, BJP
Tripura
East Tripura  Jitendra Choudhury, CPI(M)
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