Lok Sabha elections 2019: Amit Shah casts vote, urges people to vote for nation’s security

After casting his vote at a polling booth located in Naranpura area of Ahmedabad city, which comes under the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency, he asked people to participate in “this festival of democracy”

BJP president Amit Shah, who is contesting the Lok Sabha poll from Gandhinagar seat in Gujarat, cast his vote here on Tuesday and urged people to exercise their democratic right for ensuring the country’s security and boosting the economy.

BJP President Amit Shah and his wife Sonal Shah cast their votes at polling booth in Naranpura Sub-Zonal office in Ahmedabad (ANI)

After casting his vote at a polling booth located in Naranpura area of Ahmedabad city, which comes under the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency, he asked people to participate in “this festival of democracy”.

“There is great enthusiasm among voters for the third phase of Lok Sabha polls across the country. I have learnt that people are also participating with enthusiasm in all 26 seats in Gujarat,” he said.

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Appealing people to come out and vote, he said, “Your one vote can provide security to the country. Your one vote can make the country more capable. Your one vote can make the country prosperous and lead it on the path of development.” “It is my appeal to the youth as well as first-time voters that you need to vote for building India’s future. You should vote for ensuring the security of the country and to boost the economy,” he added.

After casting his vote, the senior BJP leader offered prayers at the Kameshwar Mahadev Temple located near the polling booth.

Earlier, Shah accompanied Prime Minister Narendra Modi who he went to cast his vote at a polling booth set up at a school in Ranip area of the city.

Polling in all 26 Lok Sabha seats of Gujarat is being held in a single phase on Tuesday.

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)