Gujarat Bhuj Result 2022: BJP's Keshubhai Shivdas Patel wins with a 'MASSIVE MARGIN'

Gujarat Bhuj Result 2022: In the Bhuj Assembly constituency, BJP's Keshubhai Shivdas Patel won by 59814 votes. Other candidates in the fray were Rajesh Kesara Pindoria (AAP), Sakil Mahamad Sama (All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen), Saiyad Jusabsha Mamadsha (BSP), Arjan Bhudiya (INC), Theba Husen Mamad (IND), Osman Ishabhai Kumbhar (IND), Bhupendra Babulal Joshi (IND), Mehulraj Bharatsinh Rathod (Praja Vijay Paksh), Node Kasam Mohammad (Right to Recall Party).

Shivdas has won with 96582 votes while Arjan Bhutia of Congress is at the second spot with 36768 votes. All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen's Sakil Mahamad Sama has secured 31295 votes securing the third spot. Whereas AAP's Rajesh Kesara Pindoria has bagged 8060 votes.

Bhuj is constituency number three of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly. It is one of the six Assembly seats of Gujarat's Kachchh district apart from Abdasa, Mandvi, Anjar, Gandhidham, and Rapar. It is part of the Kachchh Lok Sabha constituency. The Bhuj Assembly constituency is a general seat, i.e. it is not reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) or Scheduled Tribes (STs). BJP's Dr. Nimaben Bhaveshbhai Acharya defeated Congress candidate Adambhai Budhabhai Chaki by 14,022 votes in 2017 election.

The Gujrat state Assembly polls were held in two phases, with polling for the first phase in 89 seats held on December 1, and for the remaining 93 seats on December 5. The elections witnessed a turnout of 64.33 percent, around 4 percent less than the previous Assembly polls in 2017. Of the 4.9 crore registered voters, only 3.16 crore voted in the 2022 elections. The ruling BJP contested all 182 seats, while the new entrant in the state's political landscape, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), contested 181 seats. The main Opposition party, the Congress, contested 179 seats, while its alliance partner, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), contested two seats. A total of 1,621 candidates were in the fray.