Surat West Election Results 2022: BJP's Purnesh Modi wins diamond city with 1.22 lakh votes
Surat West Assembly Seat Election Result: In the 2022 Gujarat elections, BJP’s Purneshbhai Ishwarlal Modi, Congress’ Sanjay Patwa, and Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Moxesh Sanghvi will fight it out to win Gujarat assembly seat Surat West.
- Dec 8, 2022,
- Updated Dec 8, 2022 3:16 PM IST
Surat West Election Result 2022: Bharatiya Janata Party's Purneshbhai Modi has won the Gujarat assembly seat Surat West with 1,22,369 votes. Congress' Sanjay Patwa and Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Moxesh Sanghvi came distant second and third respectively. While Patwa secured 18,187 votes, Sanghvi could manage only 16,580 votes in this fight to conquer India's diamond city.
Surat West is a part of India’s diamond city Surat and has historically been a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) turf. In the 2022 Gujarat elections, BJP’s Purneshbhai Ishwarlal Modi, Congress’ Sanjay Patwa, and Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Moxesh Sanghvi will fight it out to win Surat West.
Gujarat elections were conducted across two phases on December 1 (phase 1) and December 5 (phase 2) respectively. Total 2.51 crore voters decided the fate of 833 candidates in the fray.
Surat West electoral trends before 2022
In 2017 assembly elections, BJP’s Purneshbhai Modi clinched Surat West with 1,11,615 votes and a vote share of 74.27 per cent, followed closely by Congress’ Iqbal Patel. Patel secured 33,733 votes and a vote share of 22.45 per cent. It was a tug of war between the BJP and the Congress in 2012 as well. While BJP’s Kishor Vankawala got 99,099 votes and a vote share of 74.26 per cent, Congress’ Ushaben Patel got 29,368 votes and a vote share of 22.01 per cent.
It remains to be seen whether the BJP is able to maintain its hold on Gujarat or does the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) make substantial inroads into the state.
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Surat West Election Result 2022: Bharatiya Janata Party's Purneshbhai Modi has won the Gujarat assembly seat Surat West with 1,22,369 votes. Congress' Sanjay Patwa and Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Moxesh Sanghvi came distant second and third respectively. While Patwa secured 18,187 votes, Sanghvi could manage only 16,580 votes in this fight to conquer India's diamond city.
Surat West is a part of India’s diamond city Surat and has historically been a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) turf. In the 2022 Gujarat elections, BJP’s Purneshbhai Ishwarlal Modi, Congress’ Sanjay Patwa, and Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Moxesh Sanghvi will fight it out to win Surat West.
Gujarat elections were conducted across two phases on December 1 (phase 1) and December 5 (phase 2) respectively. Total 2.51 crore voters decided the fate of 833 candidates in the fray.
Surat West electoral trends before 2022
In 2017 assembly elections, BJP’s Purneshbhai Modi clinched Surat West with 1,11,615 votes and a vote share of 74.27 per cent, followed closely by Congress’ Iqbal Patel. Patel secured 33,733 votes and a vote share of 22.45 per cent. It was a tug of war between the BJP and the Congress in 2012 as well. While BJP’s Kishor Vankawala got 99,099 votes and a vote share of 74.26 per cent, Congress’ Ushaben Patel got 29,368 votes and a vote share of 22.01 per cent.
It remains to be seen whether the BJP is able to maintain its hold on Gujarat or does the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) make substantial inroads into the state.
Also read: Election Result 2022 LIVE: BJP takes lead on 30 seats in Gujarat, Congress ahead on 11
Also read: Jamnagar North Election Results 2022: Can first timer Rivaba Jadeja work her magic?