Surat East Election Results 2022: Lotus blooms again as BJP's Arvind Shantilal Rana wins

Surat East Election Result 2022: Gujarat's Surat East Assembly constituency saw Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Arvind Shantilal Rana, who had also won the seat in 2017, battle it out with Congress' Aslam Cyclewala. Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) candidate Kanchan Jariwala withdrew his nomination.

Arvind Shantilal Rana yet again emerged as the winner from the seat. 

Live Updates:

• Gap between BJP and Congress rises: BJP's Arvind Rana now has 64,149 votes while Congress' Aslam Cyclewala has 55,787 votes. 
• BJP's Arvind Rana with 41,444 votes moves ahead of Congress' Aslam Cyclewala with 40,708 votes; close fight continues.
• Close contest between Congress and BJP: Congress' Aslam Cyclewala leads with 30,131 votes while BJP's Arvind Rana is not far behind at 28,788 votes. 
• Aslam Cyclewala has a vote share of 52% while Arvind Shantilal Rana has a share of 43%.
• Aslam Firozbhai Cyclewala is leading with a total of 17,387 votes, followed by Arvind Shantilal Rana with 12,268 votes. 
• BJP is leading on 152 seats in Gujarat. It has grabbed over 50% of the vote share. 
• BJP's Arvind Shantilal Rana is currently leading from Surat East seat of Gujarat. 

In the Gujarat Assembly Elections 2017, BJP gained its hold on the Surat East constituency. Arvind Shantilal Rana won the election with 72,638 votes, while Congress' Bharucha Nitinkumar Thakordas secured 59,291 votes.

BJP also marked its win in the 2012 Assembly elections as Gilitwala Ranjitbhai Mangubhai defeated Indian National Congress's Pirzada Kadir Kayamudin by 15,789 votes. Even in 2007, BJP emerged victorious from the seat.

The Surat East constituency went to vote during the first phase of polling that took place on December 1.

A high-level drama unfolded before the election when AAP accused rival BJP of kidnapping its Surat East candidate Kanchan Jariwala and forcing him to withdraw from the poll race. However, later Jariwala claimed that he was withdrawing his name out of his own will, adding that he was “facing a threat to his life from his party and Congress candidate Aslam Cyclewala.”

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