Viramgam Election Results 2022: BJP's Hardik Patel wins by a margin of 50,000 votes

Viramgam Election Result 2022: Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Patidar leader Hardik Patel, Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Amarsinh Anadaji Thakor, and Congress' Lakhabhai Bharwad tested their electoral fortunes from Viramgam constituency. Over the last ten years, Congress has maintained its hold over the constituency. However, BJP's Hardik Patel managed to win the seat by a margin of over 50,000 votes.

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• No competition from AAP: Hardik Patel said that the party will focus on the work to be done in next 20 years. He also added that there was no competition from AAP.
• Hardik Patel's vote percentage at about 48% with 64,154 votes. Overall in Gujarat, BJP is leading on 150 seats and has won 3 seats. 
• As BJP's Hardik Patel leads, Congress, which is at the second spot, struggles to close the gap of 19,000 votes.
• BJP's Hardik Patel leads with over 43,000 votes as per EC; AAP's Amarsinh Thakor at the second spot with 25,530 votes. 
• Hardik Patel leads with 24,549 votes and a vote share of 46%. AAP's Amarsinh Anadaji Thakor follows after at the second spot with 17,195 votes. 
• Hardik Patel, who had switched over from the Congress, is currently leading from Viramgam seat.
• BJP's Hardik Patel said that good governance of BJP has strengthened the trust of people in them. He added that BJP has met the expectations of people. 
• BJP's Hardik Patel is trailing in Viramgam. 

It must be noted that in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election 2017, Congress' Lakhabhai Bharwad won the seat by about 6,548 votes with a vote share of about 41 per cent. Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party's Dr. Tejshriben Dilipkumar Patel got 38 per cent of the vote share, thereby indicating a close competition between the top two parties. Independent candidate Jadav Dhruvkumar Bavalbhai finished at the third place.

In the 2012 Gujarat Assembly Election, Congress candidate Tejashree Patel outperformed BJP's Pargjibhai Patel by a margin of over 16,000 votes.

The Viramgam constituency which is a part of the Ahmedabad district and falls under the Surendranagar Lok Sabha seat, went to polls on December 5, in the second phase of Gujarat Assembly elections.

"Today I voted for the development, progress, happiness, peace and security of Viramgam assembly constituency in ancestral village Chandranagar. You also vote and take Gujarat forward," Patel said in a tweet on December 5.

Viramgam's poll history over the past five elections:

2017: Congress won by 6,548 votes
2012: Congress won by 16,983 votes
2007: BJP won by 3,316 votes
2002: BJP won by 3,064 votes
1998: Congress won by 6,003 votes

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