LS Elections 2024: BJP registers first victory as Surat candidate Mukesh Dalal wins unopposed

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, April 22, 2024: The BJP has opened its account in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The party’s candidate from Gujarat’s Surat constituency, Mukesh Dalal, has won the polls as all his opponents are now out of the fray.

BJP first win LS polls

While the Congress candidate’s form was rejected by the Returning Officer, the other eight candidates for the seat withdrew their nominations.

Nilesh Kumbhani, the Congress candidate from Surat Lok Sabha seat, was unable to present even one of his three proposers before the election officer, after which his nomination form was cancelled.

The BJP had raised questions about the discrepancies in the signatures of three proposers in Kumbhani’s nomination form.

The nomination form of Suresh Padsala, the Congress’ substitute candidate from Surat, was also invalidated, pushing Gujarat’s principal opposition party out of the poll fray in the city.

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