Gujarat Election 2022: Who is BJP's CM candidate? Amit Shah responds | Gujarat Election Date 2022, Gujarat Election Result Date 2022

Gujarat Election 2022: Who is BJP's CM candidate? Amit Shah responds | Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading from the front in his home turf as Gujarat is set for a 3-cornered electoral fight this year. The Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) entry into Gujarat this time has opened a new front in the otherwise bipolar election between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress. 

Gujarat Election 2022: BJP Chief Minister Candidate 

Bhupendra Patel will remain the chief minister of Gujarat if BJP secures a majority in the next month's Assembly elections, senior party leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday. Shah's statement makes it clear that Patel is the chief ministerial candidate of the BJP, which is eyeing the seventh consecutive term in the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Shah.

"If BJP gets a majority in Gujarat, Bhupendra Patel will be the next chief minister," PTI quoted Shah as saying.

Gujarat Election 2022: Bhupendra Patel 

Bhupedra Patel replaced Vijay Rupani as the chief minister in September 2021, a move that surprised many. He is the first-time MLA from the Ghatlodia constituency. He is renominated from the same seat.

Gujarat Election 2022: AAP Chief Minister Candidate 

Earlier, Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party had declared party leader Isudan Gadhvi as the chief ministerial candidate after conducting a "public survey". 

Gujarat Election 2022: Congress Chief Minister Candidate 

Congress has decided not to declare the CM face for the Gujarat elections 2022.

Full schedule of Gujarat Assembly Election 2022

Gujarat Election Date 2022

The Gujarat assembly elections will be held in two phases on December 1 and 5.

First Phase - 1st December, 2022

Second Phase - 5th December, 2022

Gujarat Election Result Date 2022

The election results to the 182-member Gujarat assembly will be announced on 8th December, 2022.

In the 2017 polls, the BJP's winning tally came down to two digits at 99 while the Congress bettered its performance by winning 77 seats. With its aggressive campaign, AAP is projecting itself as the main challenger to BJP in the state, where polls have typically remained a bilateral contest between the saffron party and Congress.

(PTI Inputs)

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