By-elections for the Gujarat Assembly, in India
2020 Gujarat Legislative Assembly bypolls
Majority party
Minority party
Leader
Vijay Rupani
Party
BJP
INC
Seats before
0
8
Seats won
8
0
Seat change
8
8
By-polls for 8 constituencies of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly were carried out in November 2020. The bypolls were necessitated after sitting Congress MLAs resigned. Five of them then joined the ruling BJP, which fielded them from the same seats they had won in the 2017 elections . As many as 81 candidates contested the bypolls across the eight seats.[1] [2]
Results by constituency
Constituency
Winner
Runner-up
Margin
Candidate
Party
Votes
Candidate
Party
Votes
Abdasa
Pradhyumansinh Mahipatsinh Jadeja
BJP
71,848
Dr. Shantilal Senghani
INC
35,070
36,778
Limbdi
Kiritsinh Rana
BJP
88,928
Khachar Chetanbhai Ramkubhai
INC
56,878
32,050
Morbi
Brijesh Merja
BJP
64,711
Jayantilal Jerajbhai Patel
INC
60,062
4,649
Dhari
Kakadiya J.V.
BJP
49,695
Sureshbhai Manubhai Kotadiya
INC
32,592
17,209
Gadhada
Atmaram Parmar
BJP
71,912
Mohanbhai Shankarbhai Solanki
INC
48,617
23,295
Karjan
Akshaykumar Patel
BJP
76,958
Jadeja Kiritsinh Dolubha
INC
60,533
16,425
Dang
Vijaybhai Rameshbhai Patel
BJP
94,006
Suryakantbhai Ratanbhai Gavit
INC
33,911
60,095
Kaprada
Jitubhai Harjibhai Chaudhari
BJP
1,12,941
Babubhai Jivlabhai Patel
INC
65,875
47,066
References
^ "Gujarat Bypolls 2020 Result: BJP Sweeps Victory in All 8 Seats". 10 November 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2022 .
^ "Bye Elections 2020 (Parliamentary and Assemblies)". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 15 February 2022 .