[
gujarat key candidate
]Bhagabhai Dhanabhai Barad
Bharatiya Janata Party
Age:63
Education:
Talala
64788 votes
Barad quit the Congress to join the BJP less than a month before the election was held, declaring he wanted to be part of 'Modi's development campaign' for the state and that he had no expectations of being rewarded with a ticket. Nevertheless, he did get one - for the Talala constituency in Gir Somnath district. An influential member of the Ahir community, Barad won this seat for the Congress in 2007 and 2017, edging the BJP out by fewer than 2,000 votes in the previous election. The BJP drew a blank in this district in 2017.