Gujarat Elections 2022
Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja’s wife Rivaba Jadeja has won the Jamnagar (North) seat in Gujarat. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has given her a ticket to run in the elections. Rivaba expressed her delight about it. She started out ahead in the counting process and ultimately prevailed. Let us look into Gujarat Elections 2022 News in detail.
More over 56 percent of the votes were in favour of Rivaba Jadeja after 15 rounds of counting, according to the Election Commission’s official statistics. She had received more than 84336 votes. Karshanbhai of the Aam Aadmi Party received 33,880 votes, while Bipendra Singh Jadeja of the Congress received 22822.
Ravindra Jadeja’s wife Rivaba registered big victory in Gujarat Assembly elections
From the start, Rivaba Jadeja had established a solid advantage. She remarked, she said, “I am very thankful to those who happily accepted me as a candidate, worked for me and reached out to the public.” This is not only my victory, it is the victory of all of you.
Ravindra Jadeja’s wife Rivaba registered big victory in Gujarat Assembly elections
Rivaba Jadeja wins Jamnagar North seat with over 50 thousand votes
Rivaba Jadeja, the wife of Indian cricketer Ravindra Jadeja, won the Jamnagar North seat for the BJP, defeating Karsan Karmur of the Aam Aadmi Party by a margin of more than 50 thousand votes, enabling her support to the party, who is to again register a comprehensive victory in the state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Bhipendrasinh Jadeja of Congress came in third.
The original list of candidates for the state elections from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) included Rivaba Jadeja’s name. She was given the ticket after the party dropped incumbent legislator Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, also known as Hakubha.
Hakubha had won the seat in 2012 on a Congress ticket before switching to the BJP. The 2017 by-poll was won by him.
Jamnagar North, a largely urban district, was always thought to favour the BJP over the Congress. Surprised by the Aam Aadmi Party’s performance, which fielded a lesser-known candidate.
Who is Rivaba Jadeja?
Born in Rajkot, Rivaba Jadeja holds a degree in mechanical engineering. She joined the BJP in 2019 and has been a politically active member of the Jamnagar-Saurashtra region.
She married Indian cricketer Ravindra Jadeja in 2016.
Before this year’s elections in Gujarat, Rivaba Jadeja, a relative of Congress veteran Hari Singh Solanki, has been rallying support by visiting the villages in her district.
Rivaba Jadeja Karni Sena
Rivaba Jadeja has also been a member of Karni Sena.
She was selected as the women’s wing head of the Gujarat-based Rajput organisation Karni Sena in October 2018. The same organisation ran the protests against the Bollywood movie “Padmaavat.”
