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Siddharth Patel
Siddharth Chimanbhai Patel is an Indian politician from Gujarat. He was a MLA of Indian National Congress from Dabhoi from 1998 to 2002 and from 2007 to 2012. He is a son of former Chief Minister of Gujarat, Chimanbhai Patel. He is ex-president of GPCC. He lost in the 2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election and again in 2017 from Dabhoi. He lost against Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ... candidate Shailesh Mehta in 2017. References External linksOfficial website Gujarat MLAs 2007–2012 Indian National Congress politicians from Gujarat Politicians from Ahmedabad Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Presidents of Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee Gujarat MLAs 1998–2002 {{Gujarat-INC-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee
The Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) is the state unit of the Indian National Congress in Gujarat. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state, as well as selecting candidates for local, state, and national elections. Shaktisinh Gohil is the president of the Committee. It has 1,862 seats in various urban and rural local bodies in Gujarat. Its office is located at Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan, Ahmedabad. It is the single major opposition party against the Bharatiya Janata Party in Gujarat. It has participated in every Gujarat Legislative Assembly election since 1962, the first election in the independent state. History Pre-independence It was formed in 1920 and its first and longest running president was Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The GPCC would organize Indian nationalist campaigns during the Indian freedom struggle, and after independence in 1947, it became responsible for supplying candidates of the Congress in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election
The 14th Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, 2017 was held on 9 December 2017 and 14 December 2017 in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Gujarat to elect the Member of Legislative Assembly (India), Members of Legislative Assembly (MLA). The votes were counted on 18 December. All 182 members of the 14th Gujarat Assembly, 14th Gujarat Legislative Assembly were elected with the leader of the largest party or coalition expected to become the next Chief Minister of Gujarat, chief minister. The incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party obtained a simple majority with an increase in the vote share. Despite suffering a decrease in the number of seats, the incumbent government retained a simple majority in the house. The vote share and number of seats for Congress increased from the previous election in 2012. This was the highest number of seats won by the Congress in the last 32 years (after the 1985 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, 1985 election, in which Congre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
