Visavadar’s political story has been turbulent since 2012, when former CM Keshubhai Patel quit the BJP, floated the Gujarat Parivartan Party, and won from the seat. After his resignation in 2014, Congress’s Harshad Ribadiya took over, holding the post until 2022. Bhayani, then with AAP, had snatched the seat — a feat the party has now successfully repeated.Despite a modest 57.80% turnout, polling was largely peaceful, barring the need for re-polling in two villages — Malida and Nava Vaghaniya — on June 21. Final figures from the Election Commission revealed Italia’s tally swelling to nearly 76,000 votes after 18 rounds of counting.Reacting to the win, Delhi AAP president Saurabh Bharadwaj said, “Many wrote off AAP after Delhi. But we’ve won Ludhiana West, and now Gujarat too. This is a strong bounce-back. Those who thought Arvind Kejriwal would be sidelined — this is their answer.”Meanwhile, in Kadi, the BJP reasserted its dominance. Rajendra Chavda secured a resounding 99,709 votes, crushing Congress rival Ramesh Chavda, who managed 60,282 votes. AAP’s Jagdish Chavda fared poorly with just 3,089 votes, while 1,701 opted for NOTA.
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