Voting for the bypolls in six Assembly constituencies in Gujarat will be held on Monday which is viewed as a battle of prestige for Chief Minister Vijay Rupani as chunk of these seats were held by the ruling BJP.
The outcome of the bypolls on October 24 will have a bearing on the current composition of the 182-member House. In the 2017 assembly elections, the BJP won 99 seats against the Congress' 77 under Rupani's watch.
The byelections will be held on Tharad, Radhanpur, Kheralu, Bayad, Amraiwadi and Lunawada seats.
The BJP had bagged all the 26 seats in Gujarat in the Lok Sabha elections held earlier this year.
The BJP is under pressure to secure the pole position given that four of the six constituencies going to polls were represented by the ruling party before the change of circumstances like some candidates winning the LS polls.
Elections became necessary in Tharad, Lunawada, Kheralu and Amraiwadi after BJP MLAs of these seats got elected to the Lok Sabha.
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