Gujarat POLLS

Indian National Congress 92

Bharatiya Janata Party 95

Communist Party of India 1

Communist Party of India Marxist 4

Nationalist Congress Party 5

Independents 038; Others 314

Number of women candidates

31

Constituency with maximum number of candidates

Rakhlal Gandhinagar 14

Constituency with minimum number of candidates

Matar 2

Constituency with largest number of voters

Sarkhej 10,253,56

Largest constituency area Sarkhej

The Big Fights

Maninagar: Chief Minister Narendra Modi vs Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dinsha Patel

Godhra: Prabhatsinh Chauhan BJP vs C K Raulji Congress. Prabhatsinh was asked to shift from his home turf Kalol to Godhra where the BJP had failed to find a suitable candidate. Raulji is a former minister

Close contests

Dholka: Bhupendrasinh Chudasama BJP vs Kanji Talpada Congress. In 2002, Talpada lost to Agriculture Minister Chudasama by a little over 700 votes

Shahpur: Kaushik Patel BJP vs

Gyasuddin Sheikh Congress. In 2002, Revenue Minister Patel won with a margin of 2,074 votes over the Congress candidate

Mansa: Mangalbhai Patel BJP vs Babusinh Thakor Congress. In 2002, Speaker Patel won with a margin of 2,673 votes

Patan: Anandiben Patel BJP vs Kantilal Patel Congress. In 2002, Education Minister Anandiben won with a margin of 3,582 votes over Kantilal

Sidhpur: Balwantsinh Rajput Congress vs Jainarayan Vyas. In 2002, Rajput defeated former Narmada Minister Vyas with over 10,000 votes

Meghraj: Mahendrasinh Vaghela Congress vs Bhikhiben Parmar BJP. This is Union Minister Shankarsinh Vaghela8217;s son Mahendrasinh8217;s first Assembly election. He is the sitting president of Gandhinagar district panchayat