Godhra Election 2022: Can BJP win one more time period on this high-prestige seat?

Godhra, Gujarat Election 2022: The Godhra meeting seat has been a key seat for all the foremost events in Gujarat. Godhra falls below the Panchmahal district. C Okay Raulji gained three consecutive elections in 2007, 2012, and 2017. He gained the elections for Congress in 2007 and 2012.  

In 2017, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Get together and made his social gathering win by a bit of margin of 258 votes.  

Constituency profile 

As per estimates, Godhra has a inhabitants of round 1.90 lakh folks, the place practically 40 per cent of them are Muslims. Godhra has been central to Gujarat’s politics for the reason that horrific riots of 2002 the place 59 karsevaks have been killed. Following which, the state noticed one of many worst post-Partition riots.  

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Contesting events 

Godhra’s election information exhibits that each the important thing events, BJP and Congress, have fought shut battles up to now. The profitable margin has been all the time been slender and has by no means crossed 3,000 votes since 2002, as per the Election Fee of India’s information.  

The ruling social gathering had defeated Congress in 2002 simply after the fierce riots. However later, Congress defeated BJP twice in 2007 and 2012 however by a really slender margin.  

BJP once more gained the seat in 2017 towards Congress with a margin of solely 258 votes. 

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Key candidates 

For the 2022 elections, 10 candidates are within the fray in Godhra, 5 of whom are Muslims. BJP, Congress and new entrant Aam Aadmi Get together have fielded Hindu candidates.  

• C.Okay Raulji – BJP
• Rashmitaben Dushyantsinh Chauhan – Congress
• Rajeshbhai Sombhai Patel – AAP
• Hasan Shabbir Kachaba – All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen
• Patel Mayurkumar Jashavantlal – Unbiased
• Badam Mo. Mentioned Yusuf – Unbiased
• Saiyed Safikali Rashidali – Unbiased
• Husnain Jakkiuddin Presswala – Unbiased
• Rathod Narvarsingh Hathisinh – Praja Vijay Paksh
• Kalandar Mohammedhanif Ahmedsaeed – Unbiased

BJP candidate CK Raulji, who began as an impartial candidate within the 80s, gained the Godhra meeting seat twice as a Congress candidate. Later in 2017, he joined BJP and gained the elections  

Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM has additionally fielded a candidate from Godhra this time after a shocking efficiency within the civic polls in 2021.