To maximize its tally in the state, BJP had fielded nine sitting MLAs, including Modi himself, an MLA from Maninagar Assembly seat.

Though Vaghela lost the 2009 LS polls from Panchmahal, he made a come back after winning the assembly polls in 2012 from Kapadwanj.

Gujarat is a tale of woes for the Congress, out of power for over twenty long years, with Narendra Modi performing an electoral hat-trick.

Vaghela's son Mahendrasinh also won from Bayad constituency in Sabarkantha, on a Congress ticket defeating BJP rival Udeisinh Jhala.

Vaghela is locked in a keen contest here with a BJP candidate who threatens to thwart his electoral bid by splitting the Kshatriya votes, b...