<p>In the previous Assembly elections that took place in 2017, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has been in power since 1995, retained power following a tight contest with the Indian National Congress (INC). Will history repeat itself this year? Or will the campaigning strategies of AAP and Congress pay off?</p>.<p>In 2012, BJP won 116 seats out of 182 seats and INC won only 60 seats. In 2017, BJP secured a majority by winning 99 seats in the 182-member Assembly and Congress followed with 77 seats. BJP suffered serious losses in a few districts of Saurashtra in the 2017 Assembly elections due to Patidar agitation and disputes over the farmers' protest; notably in Amreli and Gir Somnath where all seats were lost to Congress.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/dh-galleries/photos/gujarat-elections-2022-seven-facts-to-know-1161334#1" target="_blank">Gujarat Elections 2022: Seven facts to know</a></strong></p>.<p>Here is a list of constituencies where the BJP fared badly in the last Gujarat elections.</p>.<p>In the Mandvi constituency of Surat district, Indian National Congress's Chaudhari Anandbhai Mohanbhai won 96,483 votes with a whopping margin of 50,776 votes against BJP’s Pravinbhai Merjibhai Chaudhari’s 45,707 votes.</p>.<p>BJP's Ravjibhai Ishvarbhai Vasava lost with 64,906 votes against 113,854 votes by Bhartiya Tribal Party's Vasava Chhotubhai Amarsinh in the Jhagadia constituency of Surat district.</p>.<p>In Jamnagar district’s Kalavad constituency, Congress’s Musadiya Pravinbhai Narashibhai won with 78,085 votes against 45,134 votes secured by BJP’s Ghaiyada Muljibhai Dayabhai.</p>.<p>BJP’s Bhushan Ashok Bhatt lost with 46,007 votes against Congress candidate Imran Yusufbhai Khedawala’s 75,346 votes in Ahmedabad district’s Jamalpur-Khadia constituency.</p>.<p>Hansakuvarba Janaksinh Raj of BJP party bagged only 56,974 votes against Congressman Amit Chavda’s 90,603 votes in Anand district’s Anklav constituency</p>.<p>In the Amreli constituency, Indian National Congress's Paresh Dhanani won 87,032 votes with a margin of 12,029 votes. BJP’s Bavkubhai Undhad secured only 44.9 per cent of votes, i.e. 75,003 votes.</p>
<p>In the previous Assembly elections that took place in 2017, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has been in power since 1995, retained power following a tight contest with the Indian National Congress (INC). Will history repeat itself this year? Or will the campaigning strategies of AAP and Congress pay off?</p>.<p>In 2012, BJP won 116 seats out of 182 seats and INC won only 60 seats. In 2017, BJP secured a majority by winning 99 seats in the 182-member Assembly and Congress followed with 77 seats. BJP suffered serious losses in a few districts of Saurashtra in the 2017 Assembly elections due to Patidar agitation and disputes over the farmers' protest; notably in Amreli and Gir Somnath where all seats were lost to Congress.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/dh-galleries/photos/gujarat-elections-2022-seven-facts-to-know-1161334#1" target="_blank">Gujarat Elections 2022: Seven facts to know</a></strong></p>.<p>Here is a list of constituencies where the BJP fared badly in the last Gujarat elections.</p>.<p>In the Mandvi constituency of Surat district, Indian National Congress's Chaudhari Anandbhai Mohanbhai won 96,483 votes with a whopping margin of 50,776 votes against BJP’s Pravinbhai Merjibhai Chaudhari’s 45,707 votes.</p>.<p>BJP's Ravjibhai Ishvarbhai Vasava lost with 64,906 votes against 113,854 votes by Bhartiya Tribal Party's Vasava Chhotubhai Amarsinh in the Jhagadia constituency of Surat district.</p>.<p>In Jamnagar district’s Kalavad constituency, Congress’s Musadiya Pravinbhai Narashibhai won with 78,085 votes against 45,134 votes secured by BJP’s Ghaiyada Muljibhai Dayabhai.</p>.<p>BJP’s Bhushan Ashok Bhatt lost with 46,007 votes against Congress candidate Imran Yusufbhai Khedawala’s 75,346 votes in Ahmedabad district’s Jamalpur-Khadia constituency.</p>.<p>Hansakuvarba Janaksinh Raj of BJP party bagged only 56,974 votes against Congressman Amit Chavda’s 90,603 votes in Anand district’s Anklav constituency</p>.<p>In the Amreli constituency, Indian National Congress's Paresh Dhanani won 87,032 votes with a margin of 12,029 votes. BJP’s Bavkubhai Undhad secured only 44.9 per cent of votes, i.e. 75,003 votes.</p>