Congress breaks Gujarat jinx, registers first Lok Sabha seat win in 10 years

Congress candidate Geniben Nagaji Thakor is presently leading the race for the Banaskantha Lok Sabha seat.

Because it is the only Gujarati constituency in which women have been nominated by both the Congress and the BJP, Banaskantha is special. The Congress MLA for two terms, Geniben Nagaji Thakor, gained the nickname “giant killer” in 2017 after unseating the assembly speaker in office.

Rekhaben Hiteshbhai Chaudhari, an engineering professor running for office for the BJP, is trailing, nevertheless.

As the counting started, Geniben Thakor declared that the Banaskantha people had won.

“Heartiest congratulations to our sister Geniben for winning from Banaskantha by more than fifteen thousand votes," state Congress president Shaktisinh Gohil said on X.

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Interestingly, a number of prominent BJP members are also leading the state by sizable margins: Amit Shah, the Union Home Minister, is leading by a sizable 7,11,908 votes.

Furthermore, Mansukh Mandaviya and Parshottam Rupala, Union Ministers, are leading by margins greater than 3.80 lakh and 4.65 lakh votes, respectively. CR Paatil, the president of the state BJP, is also far ahead, having received nearly 6.78 lakh votes.

The Opposition, united under the INDIA bloc, is committed to contesting and maybe overturning the ruling party’s hegemony, while the BJP is seeking a third consecutive term in office.

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Most exit polls predict that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will serve a second term, and some even say that the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, would secure a sizable two-thirds majority.

The opposition INDIA group will win and form the next government at the Center, according to the Congress party and its supporters, who have rejected these exit poll results as “orchestrated” as merely “fantasy”.