<p>Gandhinagar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah was leading by more than 2.31 lakh votes over his nearest Congress rival Sonal Patel in the Gandhinagar <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/lok-sabha-elections-2024">Lok Sabha seat </a>in Gujarat, officials said on Tuesday.</p><p>Shah has so far got 2.99 lakh votes, while Sonal Patel received 68,000 votes.</p><p>Counting was underway for 25 Lok Sabha seats in the state since 8 am.</p>.Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | EC refuses extra time to Jairam Ramesh to back claims on Amit Shah calling up DMs.<p>In the 2019 election, Shah won the seat by a huge margin of more than 5.57 lakh votes.</p><p>The Union minister is seeking a second term from the seat, which has in the past been represented by BJP stalwart Lal Krishna Advani.</p> <p>Former prime minister Ata Bihari Vajpayee also won the seat in 1996, though he preferred to retain the Lucknow seat (in Uttar Pradesh).</p>.<p><em><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/lok-sabha-elections-2024">Lok Sabha Elections 2024</a> | Will it be <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/narendra-modi">Narendra Modi</a>'s 'Viksit Bharat' or <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/rahul-gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</a>'s I.N.D.I.A.? As the world's largest democracy votes to choose its future, track live news, in-depth opinions, and analyses only on <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/">Deccan Herald</a>.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/assembly-elections-2024">Assembly Elections 2024</a> | Don't miss out on our detailed coverage of the polls in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sikkim-assembly-elections-2024">Sikkim</a>, <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/arunachal-pradesh-assembly-elections-2024">Arunachal Pradesh</a>, <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/andhra-pradesh-assembly-elections-2024">Andhra Pradesh</a>, and <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/odisha-assembly-elections-2024">Odisha</a>. Subscribe and follow DH on <a href="https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va4ifN6AYlULZASc7V3S">Whatsapp</a>, <a href="https://x.com/DeccanHerald">X</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/deccanherald/">Facebook</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/deccanherald/?hl=en">Instagram</a> to never miss out on anything.</strong></em></p>
<p>Gandhinagar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah was leading by more than 2.31 lakh votes over his nearest Congress rival Sonal Patel in the Gandhinagar <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/lok-sabha-elections-2024">Lok Sabha seat </a>in Gujarat, officials said on Tuesday.</p><p>Shah has so far got 2.99 lakh votes, while Sonal Patel received 68,000 votes.</p><p>Counting was underway for 25 Lok Sabha seats in the state since 8 am.</p>.Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | EC refuses extra time to Jairam Ramesh to back claims on Amit Shah calling up DMs.<p>In the 2019 election, Shah won the seat by a huge margin of more than 5.57 lakh votes.</p><p>The Union minister is seeking a second term from the seat, which has in the past been represented by BJP stalwart Lal Krishna Advani.</p> <p>Former prime minister Ata Bihari Vajpayee also won the seat in 1996, though he preferred to retain the Lucknow seat (in Uttar Pradesh).</p>.<p><em><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/lok-sabha-elections-2024">Lok Sabha Elections 2024</a> | Will it be <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/narendra-modi">Narendra Modi</a>'s 'Viksit Bharat' or <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/rahul-gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</a>'s I.N.D.I.A.? As the world's largest democracy votes to choose its future, track live news, in-depth opinions, and analyses only on <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/">Deccan Herald</a>.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/assembly-elections-2024">Assembly Elections 2024</a> | Don't miss out on our detailed coverage of the polls in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sikkim-assembly-elections-2024">Sikkim</a>, <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/arunachal-pradesh-assembly-elections-2024">Arunachal Pradesh</a>, <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/andhra-pradesh-assembly-elections-2024">Andhra Pradesh</a>, and <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/odisha-assembly-elections-2024">Odisha</a>. Subscribe and follow DH on <a href="https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va4ifN6AYlULZASc7V3S">Whatsapp</a>, <a href="https://x.com/DeccanHerald">X</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/deccanherald/">Facebook</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/deccanherald/?hl=en">Instagram</a> to never miss out on anything.</strong></em></p>