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Amit Shah submits nomination papers for Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat
Apr-19-2024

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has submitted his nomination papers for the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat from where he is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate. Shah was accompanied by Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel when he submitted the nomination papers to Gandhinagar collector and district election officer in the state capital exactly at 12.39 pm, considered as ‘Vijay Muhurat’.

In the last Lok Sabha polls, the former BJP president was declared a winner from the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat by a margin of 5.57 lakh votes against his nearest Congress Rival C J Chavda. Shah polled 8.94 lakh votes, while Chavda secured 3.37 lakh votes.

The Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency consists of seven assembly segments -- Gandhinagar North, Kalol, Sanand, Ghatlodia, Vejalpur, Naranpura and Sabarmati. All these assembly seats are with the BJP. Voting for all the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat will take place in a single phase on May 7.

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