Summary:
The Congress lost by a margin of 4,478 votes, higher than in the civic elections of 2015. She only has a school education, but has been a grassroot worker and went on to become the city unit vice-president.Congress city unit president Prashant Patel said the party lost but managed to scare the BJP. “BJP was forced to ensure that all its councillors, MLAs and state-level functionaries worked for the election,” he said. It had then lost by 4,008 votes.The defeat came as a surprise to the Congress, as it expected to benefit from the low (24.23%) turnout. VADODARA: Just when the Congress was expecting to exploit anti-incumbency against the BJP and make inroads in the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC), it has got a drubbing in the byelection for one of the four seats in Ward No..