Congress has fielded Dinesh Zalera for Kankrej constituency. Kankrej is a General category constituency. Dinesh Zalera one of the members of Gujarat Kshatriya Thakor Sena (GKTS) led by OBC leader Alpesh Thakor. GKTS managed to negotiate Kankrej for Dinesh Zalera.
Kankrej is one of the 182 assembly constituencies of Gujarat. It is located in Banaskantha district. The constituency will have 281 polling stations. In 2012 assembly polls, the number of electors for this seat was 236794. Khanpura Darshibhai Lakhabhai of Indian National Congress won the seat in 2012 assembly elections with 73900 votes.
Both BJP and Congress parties in direct fight since 1995 assembly elections. Interestingly, both parties have registered two consecutive victories so far.
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