Gujarat Election Results 2017 LIVE: Congress` Parmar Rajendrasinh wins from Borsad

Parmar Rajendrasinh Dhirsinh of Congress won from this seat in 2012 assembly elections with 21,034 votes.

AHMEDABAD: Congress candidate Parmar Rajendrasinh Dhirsinh defeats Ramanbhai Bhikhabhai Solanki of BJP form Borsad constituency of Gujarat.

In 2012 assembly polls, Congress candidate Rajendrasinh Dhirsinh Parmar won the seat with 83621 votes.

Gujarat recorded an estimated 68.70 percent voter turnout in the second and final phase of polling for 93 assembly seats.

68% polling was recorded on December 9 in the first phase of polls in 89 Assembly seats in Gujarat.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president-elect Rahul Gandhi are locked in a bitter, high-stakes political battle after a 22-year BJP reign.

The election in Modi's home state is crucial for the Congress and the BJP ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and is seen as a prestige battle for the prime minister, who was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014, and a litmus test for the opposition party's heir-apparent Rahul Gandhi.