According to the exit polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to sweep all the seats in the state. The state, which voted in a single phase on May 7, has been a stronghold of the saffron party for the past few elections. Counting will begin at 8 am on June 4.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has got its first Lok Sabha MP from Surat as party candidate Mukesh Dalal won the election unopposed. Eight opposing candidates withdrew their nomination papers and Congress candidates’ nominations were rejected, paving the way for Dalal’s victory.
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The nomination forms of Congress Surat Lok Sabha candidate Nilesh Kumbhani were rejected on Sunday after his three proposers had submitted affidavits to the district returning officer claiming the signatures on them were not theirs.