Union Home Minister Amit Shah to shortly file his nomination from the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The senior BJP leader is seeking re-election from the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency for a second term. Congress has fielded its party secretary Sonal Patel from the seat, who filed her nomination on April 16.
The Union Home Minister won the seat in 2019 and got a vote share of 69.67 percent. He defeated CJ Chavda of Congress who got a vote share of 26.29 percent. The former BJP president won by a margin of more than 5 lakh votes.
The Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency consists of seven assembly segments — Gandhinagar North, Kalol, Sanand, Ghatlodia, Vejalpur, Naranpura and Sabarmati. All these assembly seats are with the BJP.
In the past, the seat had been represented by BJP veteran and former Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani.
In Gujarat, voting for its 26 seats will be consolidated into a single phase, which is slated for the third phase on May 7.
