BJP Prez Amit Shah wins Gandhinagar LS seat by margin of 557\,000 votes

BJP Prez Amit Shah wins Gandhinagar LS seat by margin of 557,000 votes

Amit Shah has been declared elected, returning officer and Gandhinagar district collector S K Langa announced at the counting centre

Press Trust of India  |  Gandhinagar 

Lok Sabha Elections 2019
Bhartiya Janata Party President Amit Shah | Photo: PTI

BJP president Amit Shah was Thursday night was declared elected from Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat by a margin of 5.57 lakh votes against his nearest Congress rival C J Chavda.

Shah polled 8.94 lakh votes, while Chavda secured 3.37 lakh votes.

Amit Shah has been declared elected, returning officer and Gandhinagar district collector S K Langa announced at the counting centre.

In the 2014 general elections, BJP veteran L K Advani, 91, had won the seat.
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First Published: Thu, May 23 2019. 20:51 IST