Ahmedabad: In a big victory for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the Bharatiya Janata Party has won all the six seats (two Lok Sabha setas and four Assembly seats) in the by-polls. This includes the Porbander seat which was contested by former Congressman and now BJP leader Vitthal Radadiya.
The Congress has failed the litmus test as all six seats were held by it. Congress had earlier expressed confidence of winning majority of seats even though this by-polls did not enthuse the voters much.
For Porbandar and Banaskantha Lok Sabha seats, 30 and 37 per cent voting was registered respectively. However, for the assembly seats of Limbadi, Morva Hadaf, Dhoraji and Jetpur 62 per cent, 64 per cent, 33 per cent and 45 per cent voting was recorded.
All eyes were on results of Porbandar Lok Sabha and Jetpur Assembly seats where BJP gave tickets to Vithhal Radadia and his son Jayes, respectively, who had defected from the Congress and joined BJP.
On Limbadi and Morva Hadaf Assembly and Banaskantha Lok Sabha seat, Congress had fielded relatives of candidates who held those seats before the by-polls.
Banaskantha Lok Sabha seat fell vacant after the death of Congress MP Mukesh Gadhvi. In the by-poll Congress fielded his wife Krishna Gadhvi.
At Morva Hadaf, the election was held to fill the vacancy caused by Congress candidate Savita Khant, who died on the day of counting of the assembly elections in December, 2012. For the by-poll, the party had given ticket to her son Bhupendrasinh Khant.
The Limbadi Assembly seat fell vacant after Congress MP Soma Patel, who won the seat, later resigned as MLA. The party has fielded his son Satish against whom BJP has given ticket to former state minister Kiritsinh Rana.
In the state legislative Assembly of 182 members, at present BJP has 115 MLAs, Congress 57, Nationalist Congress Party(NCP) 2, Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP) 2 and Independent and JD(U) has one member each member.
(With Additional Information From PTI)
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