Vadgam (SC) Election Result Highlights 2022: Congress candidate Jignesh Mevani retains Vadgam seat, defeats BJP's Manibhai

Vadgam (SC) Gujarat Assembly Election Result 2022 Highlights: Current MLA Jignesh Mevani contested on Congress’ ticket this time and defeated BJP's Manibhai Jethabhai Vaghela and AAP's Dalpatbhai Dahyabhai Bhatiya.

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Vadgam (SC) Gujarat Assembly Election Result 2022 Highlights: Congress leader and sitting MLA from Vadgam, Jignesh Mevani has retained his seat defeating BJP's Manibhai Jethabhai Vaghela and AAP's candidate Dalpatbhai Dahyabhai Bhatiya. Mevani polled 94765 votes while the Manibhai managed to get 89837 votes. Throughout the counting, both Mevani and Manibhai were exchanging leads before the Congress candidate secured the seat by a margin of 4928 votes. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) canddiate Dalapatbhai candidate got 4493 votes. One of the 182 constituencies is Vadgam which is reserved for SC. Vadgam is situated in the Banaskantha district and falls under Patan Parliament Seat. There are over 40,000 SC voters in the constituency while there are around 10,000 ST voters. According to estimates, Vadgam has around 2,70,000 voters who decided the fate of candidates. The total voter turnout in Gujarat Assembly Elections 2022 was a little over 64 per cent.

BJP is all set to win 157 seats out of the total 182 seats in Gujarat. The party has broken Congress party's record of winning 149 seats in 1985. Exit polls have already predicted that the BJP will comfortably win a seventh straight term in Gujarat -- an outcome that now equals the Left Front's feat in West Bengal. The BJP's win in Gujarat comes as a huge morale boost for the party. It also enthuse BJP's rank and file, and reinforce the impression that the party will win the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. For the Congress, its time to redraw its strategy for the state and upcoming polls. For the AAP, which carried out a high-decibel campaign, the Gujarat results will still be booster shot as it bagged over 12 per cent votes and around four seats. 

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08 December 2022

15:15 IST

Vadgam Resuls Live 2022: Congress leader Jignesh Mevani thwarts BJP bid; retains Vadgam seat in a closely fought encounter. 

14:57 IST

Vadgam Resuls Live 2022: Jignesh Mevani of Congress is now leading with a margin of over 7000 votes, leaving behind BJP candidate Manibhai Vaghela.

14:07 IST

Vadgam Results Live 2022: The contest is still very close in Vadgam and neither BJP nor Congress can be ruled out. The lead margin for BJP is just 1500.

13:38 IST

Jignesh Mevani vs Manibhai Vaghela Election Results Live 2022: Congress candidate Jignesh Mevani and BJP leader Manibhai Vaghela are locked in a tight contest from the Vadgam seat. Manibhai is leading the contest by around 1200 votes.AAP candidate Dalpatbhai Dahyabhai Bhatiya has got 2767 votes. Vaghela has so far polled 38093 votest while Mevani has got 36901 votes.

12:43 IST

Vadgam Results Live Latest Update: BJP candidate Manibhai Vaghel leading by 1087 votes against Congress candidate Jignesh Mevani. BJP has so far received 34168 votes and Congress got 33081 votes. The AAP candidate polled 2596 votes. 

12:12 IST

From Vadgam, BJP leader Manibhai Vaghela is leading by over 1000 votes against Congress candidate Jignesh Mevani. Mevani has won from the seat in 2017 as an independent candidate and later joined Congress. Mevani has so far got 33081 votes while BJP candidate got 34186 votes.

11:51 IST

Vadgam Result Live 2022: Congress candidate and sitting MLA Jignesh Mevani is trailing again as BJP's Manibhai Vaghela pulls up a surprise lead yet again.

11:21 IST

Vadgam (SC) Election Result 2022: Close contest on cards in Vadgam. Congress leader and Sitting MLA Jignesh Mevani stages comback, leads by 420 votes against BJP's Manibhai Vaghela after latest round of counting. 

10:56 IST

Vadgam Results Live Updates 2022: BJP's Manibhai Jethabhai Vaghela extends lead over Jignesh Mevani of Congress; AAP distant third; Check latest vote share, trends, candidate wise list:

10:23 IST

LIVE Updates | Vadgam (SC) Election Result 2022: BJP candidate Manibhai Jethabhai Vaghela bounces back to lead by 1733 votes; Congress' Jignesh Mevani trailing. 

10:00 IST

Congress candidate Jignesh Mevani leading from Vadgam. BJP's Manibhai Baghela and Congress candidate Dalpat Bhatiya trailing.

09:47 IST

Vadgam Election Result Live 2022: Bahujan Samaj Party has fielded Solanki Rajanikant Hirabhai from the Vadgam seat while Sundhiya Kalpeshkumar Rameshbhai is All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) candidate.

09:17 IST

Vadgam Election Results 2022 Live Updates: In 2017, Jigneshkumar Natvarlal Mevani had bagged the Vadgam seat defeating BJP's Vijaykumar Harkhabhai by 19,696 votes. This time, Mevani is contesting on Congress ticket. BJP has fielded Manibhai Jethabhai Vaghela to couter the Jignesh juggernaut.

08:58 IST

LIVE Vadgam (SC) Gujarat Vidhan sabha Chunav Result 2022: In the 2022 polls, Vadgam seat recorded a voter turnout of 66.21% while in 2017, the voter trunout was around 72 per cent.