Congress Releases List of Candidates For Gujarat Assembly Elections 2017: Names of Vidhan Sabha Wise Final Contestants - JPKee.com

New Delhi, November 19: The Indian National Congress (INC) released its first list of 77 candidates for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections 2017 on Sunday. Several Patidars featured among the list of candidates fielded for the two-phased polls scheduled for December 9 and December 14, 2017. The results will be out on December 18.

Along with senior Congress leaders like Shaktisinh Gohil and Arjun Modhvadiya, the list also has 23 Patidars. Gohil is contesting from Mandi and Modhvadiya will try his luck from Porbandar.

The Congress, which has been out of power in the key western state for over 22 years now, has been trying hard to increase its tally in the state. In this election, they allied with the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) led by Hardik Patel in a bid to gain maximum votes from the Patidar community.

View first list of Congress leaders contesting Gujarat Assembly Elections 2017:

Sl. No.	No & Name of Constituency		Selected Candidates
1	2	Mandvi	Shaktisinh Gohil
2	4	Anjar	V.K. Humbal
3	5	Gandhidham – SC	Kishorbhai G. Pingol
4	60	Dasada – SC	Naushadji B Solanki
5	61	Limbdi	Somabhai G. Patel
6	62	Wadhwan	Mohanbhai D. Patel
7	63	Chotila	Rutvikkumar L Makwana
8	64	Dhrangadhra	Purushottambhai Sabariya
9	65	Morbi	Brijesh A. Merja
10	66	Tankara	Lalit K. Kagathara
11	67	Wankaner	Mohammad Javed Pirzada
12	69	Rajkot West	Indranil Rajyaguru
13	71	Rajkot Rural  – SC	Vashram A. Sangathia
14	72	Jasdan	Kunvarji M. Bavaliya
15	73	Gondal	Arjun Khataria
16	74	Jetpur	Ravi Ambaliya
17	75	Dhoraji	Lalit Vasoya
18	76	Kalavad – SC	Pravinbhai N. Muchhadiya
19	77	Jamnagar Rural	Vallabh Dharadiya
20	80	Jamjodhpur	Chiragbhai R. Kalariya
21	83	Porbandar	Arjunbhai Modhvadiya
22	84	Kutiyana	Vejabhai L Modedara
23	85	Manavadar	Jawahar Chavda
24	86	Junagadh	Amit Thummar
25	87	Visavadar	Harshadbhai Ribadiya
26	88	Keshod	Jayeshkumar V. Ladani
27	89	Mangrol	Babubhai K. Vaja
28	90	Somnath	Vimalbhai K. Chudasma
29	91	Talala	Bhagwanbhai D. Barad
30	92	Kodinar – SC	Mohanbhai M. Vala
31	93	Una	Punjabhai Vansh
32	94	Dhari	J.V. Kakadiya
33	95	Amreli	Pareshbhai Dhanani
34	96	Lathi	Virjibhai Thummar
35	97	Savarkundla	Pratap Dhuddhat
36	98	Rajula	Amrish J. Der
37	99	Mahuva	Vijaybhai Baraiya
38	100	Talaja	Kanubhai M. Baraiya
39	101	Gariadhar	P.M. Kheni
40	102	Palitana	Pravinbhai J. Rathod
41	103	Bhavnagar Rural	Kantibhai Chauhan
42	104	Bhavnagar East	Ms. Nitaben B. Rathod
43	105	Bhavnagar West	Dilipsinh A. Gohil
44	106	Gadhada – SC	Praveen Maru
45	107	Botad	Manhar Patel
46	148	Nandod – ST	Premsinh D. Vasava
47	150	Jambusar	Sanjaybhai J. Solanki
48	151	Vagra	Suleman Patel
49	153	Bharuch	Kiran Thakor
50	154	Ankleshwar	Anil Bhagat
51	155	Olpad	Yogendrasinh C. Bakrola
52	157	Mandvi – ST	Anandbhai Chaudhari
53	158	Kamrej	Nilesh Kumbani
54	159	Surat East	Nitin Bharucha
55	160	Surat North	Dinesh M. Kacchadiya
56	161	Varachha Road	Prafulbhai C. Togadiya
57	162	Karanj	Bhavesh G. Bhumbhliya
58	163	Limbayat	Ravindra Patil
59	164	Udhna	Satish Patel
60	165	Majura	Ashokbhai M. Kothari
61	166	Katargam	Jignesh Mewasa
62	167	Surat West	Iqbalbhai D. Patel
63	168	Choryasi	Yogeshbhai B. Patel
64	169	Bardoli – SC	Tarunkumar J. Vaghela
65	170	Mahuva – ST	Dr. Tusharbhai Chaudhary
66	171	Vyara – ST	Punabhai D. Gamit
67	172	Nizar – ST	Sunil Gamit
68	173	Dangs – ST	Mangalbhai G. Gavit
69	174	Jalalpore	Parimal N. Patel
70	175	Navsari	Smt. Bhavnaben Patel
71	176	Gandevi – ST	Sureshbhai Halpati
72	177	Bansda – ST	Anantkumar H. Patel
73	178	Dharampur – ST	Ishwarbhai D. Patel
74	179	Valsad	Narendra J. Tandel
75	180	Pardi	Bharatbhai M. Patel
76	181	Kaprada – ST	Jitubhai H. Chaudhary
77	182	Umbargaon – ST	Ashokbhai M. Patel

The list comes hours after the Congress announced that it had struck a deal with Hardik Patel’s PAAS for Patel reservation in jobs and education. However, the official announcement about the Patel reservation formula and PAAS’s stand on supporting the Congress during the assembly polls will be announced by Hardik Patel in Rajkot on Monday, PTI reported.

On Sunday, a ‘fake list’ was released by some miscreants, which was later retracted by the Congress. Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson, Manish Doshi, explaining the situation, said, “Letter pad of Congress & signatures of our President have been misused to circulate false list on social media. Upon investigation by our IT cell, it was found the phone used for BJP’s website was used to circulate the list.”

Blaming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the fiasco, Doshi said, “BJP must answer people why did it resort to such gimmick & circulated the false list. It must apologise to the public.”

Earlier on Friday, the Bharatiya Janata Party released the first 70 names of candidates it has fielded for the two-phased polls.

Congress won 57 out of 182 seats and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) registered victory on 119 seats in the last assembly elections in 2012. The Congress also went through a crisis when it was left with only 43 MLAs after over dozen of them defected, following which the state unit transported majority of the remaining MLAs to a resort.

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Author - Vikash Kumar