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

Ahmedabad, Nov 20: The Congress Party on Monday released its second list of candidates for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections. In its list for 13 assembly constituencies, the grand old party decided to field Aadam B Chaki from Bhuj, Jiwan Kumbharvadia from Jamnagar Nagar (North) and Ashok Lal from Jamnagar (South). In an unusual move, the party also replaced four candidates.

Earlier, the party released its first list of candidates for Gujarat assembly elections. The list featured 11 Patel candidates. Gujarat Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil will be contesting the Mandvi seat.

In 2012 Gujarat Assembly Elections, Congress has secured victory 57 out of 182 seats and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept  119 seats. It was left with only 43 MLAs after over dozen of them defected.

The Congress has been trying hard to increase its tally in the state after it was ousted from power in the key western state 22 years ago.

The last date of filing nominations for the first phase of polls in Gujarat is November 21. Voting for the first phase will be held on December 9 while the second phase will go to polls on December 14. The counting of votes will take place on December 18.

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Author - Vikash Kumar