Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha constituency of Gujarat: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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Ahmedabad East is one of 26 Lok Sabha constituencies in the western state of Gujarat. All constituencies in the state voted in the third phase on April 23. The results would be declared on May 23.

Ahmedabad East registered 61.29 percent voter turnout in 2019, a gain of 0.03 percent. The total number of electors in the constituency is 1809841 while the total voter turnout is 1109303. While in 2014, the constituency registered 61.26 percent voter turnout. The total number of electors in the constituency was 1599263 while the total voter's turnout was 979773.

Gitaben Patel of Indian National Congress, Patel Hasmukhbhai Somabhai of Bharatiya Janata Party and Vaghela Ganeshbhai Narsinhbhai of Bahujan Samaj Party are a few prominent candidates contesting for general election 2019 from Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha constituency of Gujarat.

Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha constituency covers seven assembly segments - Dahegam, Gandhinagar Dakshin, Vatva, Nikol, Naroda, Thakkarbapa Nagar and Bapunagar. This constituency was created in 2008.

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha constituency of Gujarat.

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	Gitaben Patel	Indian National Congress
2	Patel Hasmukhbhai Somabhai	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	Vaghela Ganeshbhai Narsinhbhai	Bahujan Samaj Party
4	Kadri Mohammad Sabir	Ambedkar National Congress
5	Chauhan Narendrasinh Makhatulsinh	Yuva Jan Jagriti Party
6	Thakur Jitendrasinh Surendrasinh	Loktantrik Rashrtavadi Party
7	Bhatt Sunilkumar Narendrabhai	Right to Recall Party
8	Manoj Premchand Gupta	Sarvodaya Bharat Party
9	Mishra Arjun Ramshankar	Jan Sangharsh Virat Party
10	Mundra Anilkumar	Lok Gathbandhan Party
11	Rajesh Maurya	Prajatantra Aadhar Party
12	Virat Pradip Shah	Jan Satya Path Party
13	Vekariya Rushi Bharatbhai (Patel)	Hindusthan Nirman Dal
14	Samirbhai Rajeshkumar Upadhyay	Manvadhikar National Party
15	Dr. Hitesh Mahendrabhai	Nirbhay Bharteey Party
16	Atulbhai Nanubhai Kathiriya	Independent
17	Chauhan Kiritbhai	Independent
18	Jayswal Nareshkumar Babulal (Raju Mataji)	Independent
19	Devda Dasharath Misarilal	Independent
20	Pareshkumar Nanubhai Mulani	Independent
21	Bharvad Saileshkumar Kalidas	Independent
22	Mahesh Prabhudas Ahuja	Independent
23	Mishra Rajkumar Malekchand	Independent
24	Minaxiben Rakeshkumar Solanki	Independent
25	Sharma Brijesh Kumar Ujagarlal	Independent
26	Sheikh Salmabanu Mohammad Salim	Independent

In 2014, BJP chose actor-turned-politician Paresh Rawal to lead the party's charge here. It was a demolition charge indeed with Rawal securing 633,582 votes to defeat Congress' Himmatsingh Patel by a massive margin of over three lakh votes.