2020 Gujarat Legislative Assembly by-elections

By-polls for 8 constituencies of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly were carried out in November 2020. The bypolls were necessitated after sitting Congress MLAs resigned. Five of them then joined the ruling BJP, which fielded them from the same seats they had won in the 2017 elections. As many as 81 candidates contested the bypolls across the eight seats.^[1][2]

2020 Gujarat Legislative Assembly bypolls

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8 seats in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Majority party Minority party   Leader Vijay Rupani Party BJP INC Seats before 0 8 Seats won 8 0 Seat change 8 8
CM before election Vijay Rupani BJP Elected CM Vijay Rupani BJP

Results by constituency

Constituency	Winner				Runner-up				Margin
	Candidate	Party		Votes	Candidate	Party		Votes
Abdasa	Pradhyumansinh Mahipatsinh Jadeja		BJP	71,848	Dr. Shantilal Senghani		INC	35,070	36,778
Limbdi	Kiritsinh Rana		BJP	88,928	Khachar Chetanbhai Ramkubhai		INC	56,878	32,050
Morbi	Brijesh Merja		BJP	64,711	Jayantilal Jerajbhai Patel		INC	60,062	4,649
Dhari	Kakadiya J.V.		BJP	49,695	Sureshbhai Manubhai Kotadiya		INC	32,592	17,209
Gadhada	Atmaram Parmar		BJP	71,912	Mohanbhai Shankarbhai Solanki		INC	48,617	23,295
Karjan	Akshaykumar Patel		BJP	76,958	Jadeja Kiritsinh Dolubha		INC	60,533	16,425
Dang	Vijaybhai Rameshbhai Patel		BJP	94,006	Suryakantbhai Ratanbhai Gavit		INC	33,911	60,095
Kaprada	Jitubhai Harjibhai Chaudhari		BJP	1,12,941	Babubhai Jivlabhai Patel		INC	65,875	47,066