Gujarat election 2017: Full list of Congress candidates

The Gujarat Assembly election 2017 is pretty giant for the Indian National Congress (INC) as the party is making an attempt tough to overthrow the rule of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who is in electricity within the state for closing 22 years. The election is also crucial for Rahul Gandhi - the newly appointed president of Congress birthday party. It s an possibility for him to influence an electoral comeback for his party in the kingdom. For the Gujarat Assembly polls 2017 Congress birthday celebration has fielded 176 candidates for the 182 seats. Here is the entire list of Congress candidates contesting inside the ongoing election battle in Gujarat: Constituency Candidate Abdasa Pradyumansinh Jadeja Akota Ranjit S. Chavan Amraiwadi Arvindsinh V. Chauhan Amreli Pareshbhai Dhanani Anand Kantibhai (Soda) Parmar Anjar V.K. Humbal Anklav Amitbhai Chavda Ankleshwar Anil Bhagat Asarwa - SC Kanubhai Vaghela Bacharaji Bharat Thakor Balasinor Ajit Chauhan Bansda - ST Anantkumar H. Patel Bapunagar HimmatsinhPatel Bardoli - SC Tarunkumar J. Vaghela Bayad Dhavalsinh Zala Bharuch Jaish Patel Bhavnagar East Ms. Nitaben B. Rathod Bhavnagar Rural Kantibhai Chauhan Bhavnagar West Dilipsinh A. Gohil Bhiloda - ST Dr. Anil J. Joshiyara Bhuj Adam B Chaki Borsad Rajendrasinh Parmar Botad Manhar Patel Chanasma Raghu Desai Chhota Udaipur -ST Mohansinh C. Rathwa Choryasi Yogeshbhai B. Patel Chotila Rutvikkumar L Makwana Dabhoi Sidharthbhai C. Patel Dahegam Smt. Kaminiba B. Rathod Dahod - ST Vajesingbhai P. Panda Dangs - ST Mangalbhai G. Gavit Danilimda - SC Shailesh M. Parmar Danta - ST Kantibhai K. Kharadi Dariapur Gayasuddin H. Shekh Dasada - SC Naushadji B Solanki Daskroi Pankajbhai C. Patel Deesa Govabhai H. Rabari Deodar Shivbhai Bhuria Devgadbaria Bharatsinh P. Vakhla Dhandhuka Rajesh Koli Dhanera Nathabhai Patel Dharampur - ST Ishwarbhai D. Patel Dhari J.V. Kakadiya Dholka Ashwin Kamubhai Rathore Dhoraji Lalit Vasoya Dhrangadhra Purushottambhai Sabariya Dwarka Meraman Goriya Ellisbridge Vijay Dave Fatepura - ST Raghu D. Machhar Gadhada - SC Praveen Maru Gandevi - ST Sureshbhai Halpati Gandhidham - SC Kishorbhai G. Pingol Gandhinagar North C.J. Chavda Gandhinagar South Govind Thakor Garbada - ST Ms. Chandrikaben Bariya Gariadhar P.M. Kheni Ghatlodia Shashikant V. Patel Godhra Rajendrasinh Patel Gondal Arjun Khataria Halol Udesinh Baria Himatnagar Kamlesh Patel Jalalpore Parimal N. Patel Jamalpur-Khadia Imran Khedawala Jambusar Sanjaybhai J. Solanki Jamjodhpur Chiragbhai R. Kalariya Jamnagar North Jivan Kumbharvadia Jamnagar Rural Vallabh Dharadiya Jamnagar South Ashok Lal Jasdan Kunvarji M. Bavaliya Jetpur Ravi Ambaliya Jetpur - ST Sukhrambhai Rathwa Jhalod - ST Bhavesh Katara Junagadh Bhikhabhai Joshi Kadi - SC Rameshbhai Chavda Kalavad - SC Pravinbhai N. Muchhadiya Kalol Baldevji C. Thakor Kalol Pradhumansinh Z. Parmar Kamrej Ashok Jirawala Kankrej Dinesh Zalera Kapadvanj Kalubhai R. Dabhi Kaprada - ST Jitubhai H. Chaudhary Karanj Bhavesh G. Bhumbhliya Karjan Akshay I. Patel Katargam Jignesh Mewasa Keshod Jayeshkumar V. Ladani Khambhalia Vikram Madam Khambhat Khusmanbhai Patel Khedbrahma - ST Ashvin M. Kotwal Kheralu Ramji S. Thakor Kodinar - SC Mohanbhai M. Vala Kutiyana Vejabhai L Modedara Lathi Virjibhai Thummar ldar - SC Manilal Vaghela Limbayat Ravindra Patil Limbdi Somabhai G. Patel Limkheda - ST Mahesh R. Tadvi Lunwada Prananjay Ditya S Parmar Mahesana Jivabhai Patel Mahudha Indrajitsinh Natvarsinh Thakor Mahuva Vijaybhai Baraiya Mahuva - ST Dr. Tusharbhai Chaudhary Majura Ashokbhai M. Kothari Manavadar Jawahar Chavda Mandvi Shaktisinh Gohil Mandvi - ST Anandbhai Chaudhari Mangrol Babubhai K. Vaja Maninagar Ms. Sweta Brahmbhatt Manjalpur Chirag Zaveri Mansa Sureshbhai C. Patel Matar Sanjaybhai H. Patel Mehmedabad Gautambhai R. Chauhan Modasa Rajendrasinh S. Thakor Morbi Brijesh A. Merja Nadiad Jitendra S. Patel Nandod - ST Premsinh D. Vasava Naranpura Nitin K. Patel Naroda Omprakash D. Tiwari Navsari Smt. Bhavnaben Patel Nikol Indravijaysinh Gohil Nizar - ST Sunil Gamit Olpad Yogendrasinh C. Bakrola Padra Jaspalsinh M. Thakor Palanpur Maheshkumar A. Patel Palitana Pravinbhai J. Rathod Pardi Bharatbhai M. Patel Patan Dr. Kirit Patel Petlad Niranjan Patel Porbandar Arjunbhai Modhvadiya Prantij Mahendrasinh K. Baraiya Radhanpur Alpesh Zala Rajkot East Mithul Donga Rajkot Rural - SC Vashram A. Sangathia Rajkot South Dinesh Chovatiya Rajkot West Indranil Rajyaguru Rajula Amrish J. Der Raopura Chandrakant Shrivastav Rapar Santok Arethiya Sabarmati Dr. Jitubhai Patel Sanand Smt. Pushpaben Jorubhai Dabhi Sankheda - ST Dhirubhai C. Bhil Santrampur - ST Gendalbhai M. Damor Savarkundla Pratap Dhuddhat Savli Sagar Prakash Koko Brahmbhatt Sayajigunj Narendra Rawat Shehra Dushyantsinh N. Chauhan Sidhpur Chandan Thakor Sojitra Poonambhai M. Parmar Somnath Vimalbhai K. Chudasma Surat East Nitin Bharucha Surat North Dinesh M. Kacchadiya Surat West Iqbalbhai D. Patel Talaja Kanubhai M. Baraiya Talala Bhagwanbhai D. Barad Tankara Lalit K. Kagathara Thakkarbapa Nagar Babubhai Mangokia Tharad DD Rajput Thasra Kantibhai S. Parmar Udhna Satish Patel Umbargaon - ST Ashokbhai M. Patel Umreth Kapilaben G. Chavda Una Punjabhai Vansh Unjha Dr. Ashaben D. Patel Vadodara City - SC Anilbhai R. Parmar Vagra Suleman Patel Valsad Narendra J. Tandel Varachha Road Dhirubhai Gajera Vatva Vipin Patel Vav Geniben Thakor Vejalpur Mihir Shah Vijapur Nathabhai P. Patel Viramgam Lakhabhai Bharwad Visavadar Harshadbhai Ribadiya Visnagar Mahesh Patel Vyara - ST Punabhai D. Gamit Wadhwan Mohanbhai D. Patel Wankaner Mohammad Javed Pirzada Written via Updated: December thirteen 2017 10:32 am Gujarat Assembly elections 2017: The BJP s average victory margins had been nearly double the victory margins of Congress at some point of 2012 Assembly elections inside the nation. (Express Photo: Bhupendra Rana) The Congress inside the Gujarat Assembly polls hopes to experience at the disturbed electoral chemistry of depressed cotton and groundnut charges difficulties in GST rollout and resentment amongst Patidars but the victory margin from 2012 elections shows that the party has an uphill mathematics to circumvent to dislodge the BJP from its perch. An analysis of 2012 victory margins of BJP and Congress screen that the incumbents have a miles bigger cushion within the form of better victory margins than their counterparts within the rival Congress. In reality the BJP s common victory margins were nearly double the victory margins of Congress in the course of 2012 Assembly elections within the state. While the BJP received a hundred and fifteen seats (in a House of 182) with an average margin of 26 236 votes the Congress s common victory margin stood at thirteen 577 votes throughout the sixty one seats it received in 2012. There was also a rural-urban skew inside the pattern of victory. While Congress received 55 of its 61 seats (almost 90 in line with cent) from rural areas the BJP gained sixty three (approximately fifty five per cent) of its seats from rural areas. There have been approximately 124 seats in which the agricultural populace constituted greater than half of the population. In rural regions wherein BJP and Congress regarded to have competed greater similarly prevailing 63 and fifty five seats respectively the BJP had marginally a higher average victory margin in comparison to that of Congress. While the BJP s average victory margin in rural seats stood at about sixteen 688 votes the Congress s victory margin become simplest slightly in the back of at about 14 456 votes. Also Read vastly in urban regions wherein BJP really swept the elections. Of about 58 city seats (wherein city section constituted over 50 in line with cent of populace) the BJP won 52 whilst the Congress ought to win only six. The BJP s margin in those urban victories on a mean stood at 37 805 votes as against the paltry five 513-vote margin secured via Congress in city areas. For the incumbent BJP that's staring at 22 years of anti-incumbency the comparatively better common victory margins than Congress will be a enormously larger cushion for the celebration to soak up electoral shocks compared to its rival Congress in its presently held seats. Also Read towards BJP a big shift is coming here says Rahul The ruling birthday party enjoys pretty larger cushion in the urban areas to stand off the discontent emanating from the http://www.threadsmagazine.com/profile/MotivationalSpeaker rollout of the GST that has riled the enterprise community in urban regions. In comparison the BJP has a slightly decreased cushion in rural regions wherein the depressed commodity prices have angered peasant communities. Put as an alternative the Congress that's sliding on a surprisingly thin cushion of victory margin on its seats has a larger arithmetic venture to dislodge the BJP in urban seats compared to rural seats in which BJP s victory margins are comparable to that of itself. Depressed cotton and groundnut prices had been one of the troubles fuelling the Patidar agitation in rural areas at the same time as GST has been made an electoral problem by using Congress in urban regions. For all the today's Elections News download Indian Express App Tags: Gujarat Assembly Elections 2017 As a medley of remix songs from Bollywood flicks Baahubali Sultan and Jodha Akbar reaches its crescendo a cavalcade of SUVs carrying Hardik Patel zooms into a field within the Siddhpur block of Patan district on Sunday evening. A well-groomed protection shield in SPG style-match guarding the young chief drops onto the ground because the automobiles swerve violently. But the cavalcade moves on. A short time later Hardik seems at the dais in the midst of slogans that describe him as a lion or shahanshah .There is a hint of the surreal. And Hardik relishes each bit.The meeting is well-attended. The venue is essentially packed with Muslims who've a giant population in Patan. The rally is called the Jan Vedna Rally (rally against human beings s plight). Completely not noted via the Congress party their traditional political shelter Muslims have discovered a new desire in Hardik. We are winning maximum of the seats in Patan says a collection of Muslims. Their good judgment is simple: Unlike the beyond this time Hindutva isn't the dominant theme .File image of Hardik Patel. News18Ironically the Jan Vedna rally starts offevolved with chants of Om Shanti and Bharat Mata ki Jai . Although a number of the audio system cognisant of the massive attendance of Muslims emphasise Patel-Muslim harmony the mentioned Hindutva tone can infrequently be missed. That isn't any marvel. Gujarat s political and social history suggests that Patidars have had no precise affection for Muslims. If anything they have been at the leading edge of the spiritual divide inside the kingdom. It would be naïve to assume that Patidars will have end up secularised overnight. The Muslims perceived proximity to Patidars this time around on this part of Gujarat is tactical guided by means of the wish of retrieving power from Narendra Modi after sixteen instantly years. And Hardik is their hope.Veteran journalist and socialist philosopher Prakash Shah attracts an apt analogy of these days s Gujarat with the political state of affairs inside the u . S . In 1974. He calls this the Bobby moment of politics in Gujarat. He relates a verbal exchange with Jay Prakash Narayan to give an explanation for what he means. JP requested me to explain the political scenario as I noticed it. I informed him it's far the Bobby moment of Indian politics. That changed into the time while new actors had emerged with a radically one-of-a-kind subject matter. I advised him that something comparable was taking place in politics and that a crop of new leaders become emerging to replace the older ones. Even JP couldn't continue to be untouched with the aid of the Bobby second he concludes.The movie Bobby become released in September 1973. In an generation ruled via older established actors including Dharmendra (then 38) and Amitabh Bachchan (31) it starred Rishi Kapoor 21 and Dimple Kapadia 16 in lead roles. It changed into both a generational and genre shift introducing teenage romance to Bollywood. It became a sensational hit and left a deep impact on Bollywood. Shah sees wish inside the emergence of Hardik Jignesh Mevani and Alpesh Thakor.But he qualifies his optimism through pronouncing I am no longer sure whether or not they will mature into seasoned leaders. The way in which Hardik has been shifting round in Gujarat is indicative of his juvenile behavior backed through lumpenised forces. His cavalcade includes the most high priced SUVs impossible for a budding chief to lease. And he is brazen about displaying his newfound wealth repute and clout. A working example changed into his nearly (Donald) Trumpesque response to the sex-tape controversy.That said there is absolute confidence that Gujarat has been passing through a weird segment of electoral politics in which one of two main poles the Congress has set an awful lot shop by using the perceived allure of Hardik Alpesh and Jignesh in preference to on its own intrinsic energy. The Congress still keeps a extensive support base but this is playing second mess around to the meant might of 3 younger newcomers. Since the state has continually visible a bipolar contest caste spiritual mixtures and rural-urban divide are overly emphasized earlier than the polls forcing the Congress to play a dwindled role.By all indications that is the silliest political experiment that the Congress has undertaken in recent years.While using alongside national and country highways lanes and bylanes of city and rural areas one ought to effortlessly feel the prevailing mood of sadness with the BJP and its management over the high expectations of the electorate. Yet that doesn't seem to have turned into popular anger towards the BJP in trendy and Modi mainly. Far from it humans nevertheless keep believe in Modi even though they're an increasing number of fatigued through the BJP s nation leadership which is seen as a gaggle of arrogant leaders no longer rooted to the floor.But any eager observer of Gujarat politics will affirm that disaffection with the BJP has never had any correlation with reputation of Modi. In fact in a series of elections right considering 2002 Modi s man or woman appeal has been crusing the BJP through elections. And it is especially unlikely that the situation has modified now. Across the kingdom this electoral battle is seen more as status for Modi than the BJP. Given Modi s own son-of-the-soil image having risen to the status of Prime Minister of India the struggle for his status has acquired a wonderful feature of Gujarati asmita (Gujarati pride). This is very evident when one talks to the non-Patel and non-Muslim electorate that is nonetheless drawn to Modi.Far eliminated from the truth the Congress experiments are quite bizarre. For example Rahul Gandhi s projection of a janeu-dhari Hindu (twice born Hindu of Brahmanical order) by using his photograph-managers can infrequently be a political assignment for secularising the electorate. His overemphasis on Hindu identity most effective corporations up that Hindutva that has permeated deep into Gujarat s society through the years.Similarly notwithstanding Patidars declaration the historical truth remains that the Anamat Andolan (reservation movement) had its beginning in violently opposing the reservation for OBCs tribals and Dalits. And Patidars are gave the impression to be religiously greater dogmatic than others as pondered inside the Patidar movement that resulted in large-scale communal violence. Against one of these historic backdrop the Congress move to avert its conventional support base to forge an http://www.mmaplayground.com/profile/countertopzes intrinsically incompatible social alliance runs the chance of being politically counter-effective. The surreal politics in Gujarat may also prove to be a Bobby second in phrases of titillation of the senses for the masses.But it is certain to quit like an aberration sooner than later.Click right here for targeted coverage of Gujarat Assembly Election 2017 The Gujarat assembly election which noticed a fierce contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress introduced down political discourse as abuses jibes scoffs smears and slurs hurled brazenly with the aid of leaders big in addition to small. Here s a ramification of the terrible-mouthing that hit the headines during the election marketing campaign. Gabbar Singh Tax Congress president Rahul Gandhi commenced the excessive-decibel assault towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gujarat by way of pronouncing that government neglected Congress s proposal on GST. Rahul went directly to term GST as Gabbar Singh Tax a taunt which have become pretty popular. Retorting to Rahul s taunt Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed Congress and Rahul by pronouncing that folks who looted India in remaining 70 years can keep in mind handiest dacoits. Modi ridiculed the Rahul s barb as a Grand Stupid Thought: Under their Grand Stupid Thoughts they want fundamental requirements of the negative to be taxed at 18%. At the same time they want cigarettes and alcohol to be inexpensive. Where has the Chawkidar long past? Rahul slammed Modi for his silence on a document claiming that Amit Shah s son Jay Shah s employer saw a large upward push in turnover after BJP got here to power in 2014. Modi ji Jay Shah- jada kha gaya. Aap chowkidaar the ya bhagidaar? Kuch toh boliye Rahul wrote on Twitter referring to Modi s shahazada barb against him over the last Lok Sabha elections. Chaiwala An online mag of Congress Yuva Desh tweeted a photo of PM Modi in verbal exchange with US President Donald Trump and UK PM Theresa May. In the image Trump is visible correcting Modi for the pronunciation of meme at the same time as May suggests him to promote tea. Congress had to problem an apology for insulting the PM and later the tweet became deleted. Chai bechi hai desh nahin While the Congress became busy mocking Modi for his background as a chaiwala Modi took a jibe at Congress announcing Chai bechi hai desh nahin. The Neech statement Manishankar Aiyyar a senior Congress chief sparked a controversy through calling Modi as neech . Rahul asked Aiyyar to apologise for his feedback and suspended him from the birthday celebration. Aiyyar said he wasn t aware of the exact that means of the word as Hindi was not his first language. Aurangzeb raj Soon after Rahul filed his nomination for the celebration president post PM Modi took a dig at the celebration saying he desired to congratulate them for ushering of their Aurangzeb Raj . Modi become regarding a statement made with the aid of Aiyyar in which he contrasted the Gandhi dynasty with the Mughal dynasty. Rs 80K mushroom for truthful pores and skin? OBC leader Alpesh Thakur the Congress s new import stated Modi were given fairer by way of ingesting imported mushroom. Somebody advised me that Modiji has imported mushrooms from Taiwan. Each mushroom fees Rs. Eighty 000 and PM Modi has 5 each day. I turned into advised he has been consuming them given that he become the chief minister. New Delhi: The seaplane that became a extraordinary journey for Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the final day of campaigning on Tuesday for the Gujarat election came to India from Karachi on December three - a detail that was enough to stoke critics in the center of a large row over a dinner attended through Congress leaders and Pakistani visitors closing week.According to flight-tracking website UK.Flightaware.Com the seaplane a Quest Kodiak one hundred operated via a foreign pilot made a pit-prevent at Karachi earlier this month. From there it took off on December 3 and landed the identical day in Mumbai from where it flew to Ahmedabad on Monday.The unmarried-engine seaplane is reportedly privately-owned and has america registration variety N181KQ. John Goulet the pilot who flew the seaplane defined his VIP rider as a very good passenger .PM Modi took off in the seaplane http://programmermeetdesigner.com/user/profile/utahmedcare from the river Sabarmati and landed at the Dharoi Dam approximately one hundred eighty km away.The 35-minute ride organised after the Prime Minister s roadshow in Ahmedabad was cancelled over police issues turned into fodder for the competition which alleged that safety regulations were violated.The protection rule-ebook says the Prime Minister can best fly in twin or multi-engine plane.Rahul Gandhi the Congress s president-designate called the seaplane ride a distraction from key questions including that the real question is what did you do for Gujarat in 22 years. The Karachi detail drew comments on social media which has been abuzz with acrimonious sparring over a dinner at suspended Congress chief Mani Shankar Aiyar s home in which visitors blanketed former prime minister Manmohan Singh other Congress leaders and Pakistanis consisting of former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri.