India cricketer Ravindra Jadeja’s wife Rivaba wins in Gujarat Assembly polls by more than 50000 votes

Rivaba
Jadeja
wins

Rivaba
won
by
a
margin
of
more
than
53000
votes
against
her
nearest
rival
from
the
Aam
Aadmi
Party.
According
to
the
Election
Commission
website,
Rivaba
had
won
88835
votes,
while
her
nearest
rival
Karshan
Karmur
of
the
Aam
Aadmi
Party
had
won
35265
votes.

Sibling
rivalry
made
battle
interesting

Meanwhile,
the
Congress
party’s
Bipendrasinh
Jadeja,
who
happens
to
be
Ravindra
Jadeja’s
brother-in-law,
finished
third
and
polled
23274
votes.

Sibling
rivalry
was
at
play
in
Jamnagar
North
as
Ravindra
Jadeja
batted
for
his
wife
Rivaba,
while
his
sister
Naynaba
Jadeja
campaigned
for
the
Congress,
bringing
into
the
limelight
this
urban
constituency
where
voters,
like
much
of
Gujarat,
have
again
backed
the
ruling
party.

Jadejas
thank
voters

After
winning
the
election,
Rivaba
was
accompanied
by
her
cricketer
husband
in
the
victory
road
show
and
thanked
the
voters
in
her
constituency
for
electing
her.

“Those
who
accepted
me
happily
as
a
candidate
worked
for
me,
reached
out
&
connected
to
people
–
I
thank
them
all.
It’s
not
just
my
victory
but
of
all
of
us,”
Rivaba
said.

The
constituency
had
voted
for
the
first
time
in
2012
after
being
carved
out
following
delimitation.
The
Congress
won
it
while
the
BJP
grabbed
it
in
2017
after
then-incumbent
MLA
Dharmendrasinh
Jadeja,
locally
better
known
as
Hakubha,
crossed
over
to
the
BJP.
He
was
dropped
this
time
in
favour
of
Rivaba
Jadeja.

The
BJP
though
managed
to
placate
Hakubha
by
making
him
the
party’s
in-charge
for
polling
in
three
assembly
seats
in
Jamnagar,
including
Jamnagar
North.
An
overwhelmingly
urban
constituency,
Jamnagar
North
was
always
seen
as
more
favourable
to
the
BJP
than
the
Congress.

The
Jadejas
are
Rajputs,
the
community
that
dominates
this
constituency.
Muslims
make
up
the
other
decisive
group
of
voters.

Ravindra
Jadeja
–
who
couldn’t
perform
the
national
duties
due
to
an
injury
–
campaigned
heavily
for
his
wife
in
the
elections.
His
star
presence
helped
Rivaba
manage
a
lot
of
eyeballs.

(With
PTI
inputs)