Gujarat By-Election 2025 Result Live: BJP's Rajendra Chavda leads big in Kadi after Round 7 of counting
The BJP's Rajendra Chavda is leading in Kadi with 13,195 votes after seven rounds of counting have been completed. He has polled 29,870 votes as compared to Congress candidate Ramesh Chavda's 16,675 votes.
BJP candidate Kirit Patel is leading in Visavadar with 16,881 votes after five rounds of counting. AAP's Gopal Italia is closely following him with 15,901 votes, while the Congress's Nitin Ranpariya is third with 1,375 votes.
After six rounds of counting, BJP candidate Rajendra Chavda has opened a big lead over his Congress and AAP rivals, having polled 26,005 votes on the Kadi Assembly seat. The Congress's Ramesh Chavda has 14,047 votes, while the AAP's Jagdish Chavda has polled just 794 votes.
BJP candidate Rajendra Chavda has further extended his lead in the Kadi Assembly seat of Gujarat with 21,584 votes after Round 5. He was ahead of the Congress's Ramesh Chavda who got 11,137 votes and AAP's Jagdish Chavda, who was a distant third with 654 votes.
BJP candidate Kirit Patel has moved ahead of AAP's Gopal Italia in the Visavadar Assembly seat after the third round of counting of votes. Patel now has 10,486 votes ahead of Italia's 10,336.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Gopal Italia is leading with just 391 votes in Gujarat's Visavadar Assembly seat, having polled 7,179 votes after the second round of counting. The BJP's Kirit Patel is second with 6,788 votes, while Congress's Nitin Ranpariya is a distant third with just 529 votes.
BJP candidate Rajendra Chavda is leading in Kadi Assembly seat after two rounds of counting have been completed. He has so far polled 8,232 votes ahead of Congress candidate Ramesh Chavda, who has got 4,235 votes.
BJP candidate Rajendra Chavda is leading after polling 4,233 votes in the Kadi Assembly seat after Round 1 of counting, while AAP's Gopal Italia is ahead in Visavadar with 4,042 votes.
Postal ballots are being counted first as the counting of votes begins for the Kadi and Visavadara Assembly seats in Gujarat. Visuals from Gujarat's Mehsana showed poll officials at work before counting of votes.
Counting of votes has begun for the Kadi and Visavadar Assembly bypolls in Gujarat.
The fight for the Visavadar Assembly seat will be between the BJP's Kirit Patel, Congress's Nitin Ranpariya and AAP's Gopal Italia. The Visavadar Assembly seat of Gujarat went to bypolls on June 19 and saw a voter turnout of 56.89%.
There is going to be a three-way contest in the Kadi Assembly seat bypolls in Gujarat with the BJP's Rajendra Chavda, Congress's Ramesh Chavda, and AAP's Jagdish Chavda in the fray. The contest could reveal the Dalit community's voting patterns in the region.
The Election Commission of India will announce the results of the Kadi and Visavadar Assembly bypolls today. The counting of votes will begin at 8 am.
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