GANDHINAGAR: Having begun his journey in public life more than 30 years ago as a booth-level BJP worker in Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency, Amit Shah stamped his supremacy on the prestigious constituency on Saturday, pulling off a spectacular win with a 7.4-lakh vote margin.
Shah defeated his Congress rival Sonal Patel, by 7,44,716 votes, the second-highest victory margin in Gujarat and likely among the top five in country, in 2024 general elections.Shah polled 10,10,972 votes against 2,66,256 votes polled by Patel. Shah contested a LS election for the first time in 2019 and won Gandhinagar by 5.6 lakh votes.
While the state BJP did play its part in scripting the record win by galvanising the cadre, Shah nurtured his home constituency diligently over the past five years. Almost all infrastructure being planned for Ahmedabad’s bid to host the 2036 Olympics is going to come up within Gandhinagar LS constituency limits. These include Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Sports Enclave, Naranpura Sports Complex and Olympic village at Manipur-Godhavi.
Gandhinagar ranks among the most significant seats in country. Apart from being the seat of state govt, stalwarts like former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee and BJP patriarch LK Advani have represented it in the past, and PM Modi is also a registered voter in Gandhinagar LS constituency. Before becoming an MP by winning Gandhinagar seat for the first time in 2019, Shah represented Naranpura assembly constituency, one of the assembly segments under Gandhinagar.
Shah defeated his Congress rival Sonal Patel, by 7,44,716 votes, the second-highest victory margin in Gujarat and likely among the top five in country, in 2024 general elections.Shah polled 10,10,972 votes against 2,66,256 votes polled by Patel. Shah contested a LS election for the first time in 2019 and won Gandhinagar by 5.6 lakh votes.
While the state BJP did play its part in scripting the record win by galvanising the cadre, Shah nurtured his home constituency diligently over the past five years. Almost all infrastructure being planned for Ahmedabad’s bid to host the 2036 Olympics is going to come up within Gandhinagar LS constituency limits. These include Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Sports Enclave, Naranpura Sports Complex and Olympic village at Manipur-Godhavi.
Gandhinagar ranks among the most significant seats in country. Apart from being the seat of state govt, stalwarts like former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee and BJP patriarch LK Advani have represented it in the past, and PM Modi is also a registered voter in Gandhinagar LS constituency. Before becoming an MP by winning Gandhinagar seat for the first time in 2019, Shah represented Naranpura assembly constituency, one of the assembly segments under Gandhinagar.
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Capping three back-to-back roadshows covering all areas of his constituency a day before filing his nomination papers, Shah told a crowd in Vejalpur area on April 18, “People of Ahmedabad, PM Modi has given a prominent guarantee that the 2036 Olympic Games will be held in India. Tell me, where will it be held?” When the people answered ‘Ahmedabad’, Shah asserted, “It will be held in Gandhinagar constituency.”