Surat Lok Sabha Elections 2024: This is how BJP pulled off a miraculous uncontested win in Gujarat's Surat
Surat/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has stunned the political landscape in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's homestate Gujarat by pulling off a miraculous uncontested win in the Surat constituency even before a single vote is polled.
BJP's Mukeshkumar Chandrakant Dalal also received the winning certificate on Monday, almost two weeks before the scheduled date for polling (May 7).
As many as 15 candidates had filed nominations from the seat. 8 of 15 candidates including the Independents withdrew their nominations.
The candidates who withdrew their nominations also included two Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidates, a second BJP candidate in the name of Kachhadiya Janakkumar.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) rejected the remaining six nominations including two from Congress and their replacement candidate, paving the way for Dalal to emerge as the winner, citing technical reasons.
આપણા નરેન્દ્રભાઈને ફરી પ્રધાનમંત્રી બનાવવા સુરતે અર્પણ કર્યું પ્રથમ કમળ...
— BJP Gujarat (@BJP4Gujarat) April 22, 2024
સુરત લોકસભા બેઠકના ઉમેદવાર શ્રી @mukeshdalal568 ને બિનહરીફ ચૂંટાવવા બદલ પ્રદેશ અધ્યક્ષ શ્રી @CRPaatil એ અભિનંદન પાઠવ્યા. #PhirEKBarModiSarkar#AbkiBar400Par pic.twitter.com/TanHMnFR1v
The filing of nominations for the upcoming polls went on from April 15 to 19. The last date for withdrawal of nominations was April 22.
Reportedly, this is the first time since 1989, a Lok Sabha candidate in India won unopposed.
In 1989, National Conference candidate Mohammad Shafi Bhat had won from the Srinagar seat unopposed.
While Congress so far has won unopposed on 22 occasions since 1977, this is the first time for the BJP, which is seeking its third straight term, to win an election in this manner.
Gujarat, which has 26 Lok Sabha seats, will go to polls in a single phase on May 7.
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