Amit Shah
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The Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who contested from Gujarat's prestigious Gandhinagar seat by 5,44,617 votes as of 1.30 pm.
This is Amit Shah's second contest from the Gandhingar Lok Sabha seat, a BJP's bastion since 1989.
Amit Shah was up against Congress' Sonal Patel, the former women's wing's chairperson of the Gujarat Congress in the urban seat.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Shah had recorded a massive margin of 5.5 lakh votes against his nearest rival Dr C J Chavda of the Congress. The constituency was earlier represented by the BJP veteran Lal Krishna Advani, who defeated Congress' Kiritbhai Ishvarbhai Patel by 4.8 lakh votes in 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
Before Advani, BJP leaders like Shankersinh Vaghela, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Vijaybhai Patel represented this seat.
According to the affidavit filed by Shah before the polls, Shah and his wife own assets totaling Rs 65.67 crore. He has movable assets worth Rs 20.23 crore and immovable asset of over Rs 16.31 crore.
Shah has three pending cases across different courts.
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