Aam Aadmi Party, Gujarat

Aam Aadmi Party Gujarat or AAP Gujarat is the Gujarat state wing of Aam Aadmi Party. It has 64 elected members in the ward councils of Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation, Surat Municipal Corporation and other urban and rural local bodies in Gujarat.[2][1] The AAP office is located in Navrangpura, Ahmedabad. AAP had participated in the 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election and 2021 Gujarat local elections.

Aam Aadmi Party, Gujarat
AbbreviationAAP
LeaderGopal Italia[1]
HeadquartersNavrangpura, Ahmedabad
Student wingChhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS)
Youth wingAAP Youth Wing (AYW)
Women's wingAAP Mahila Shakti (AMS)
Labour wingShramik Vikas Sangathan (SVS)
Colours  Blue
Seats in Gujarat Legislative Assembly
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Election symbol
Broom
Website
aamaadmiparty.org

In January 2021, Arvind Kejriwal announced that AAP would be contesting in 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election.[3] In March 2022 AAP Gujarat president Gopal Italia said that AAP's victory in Punjab gave encouragement to AAP Gujarat workers. Soon after the results were declared, AAP started a party membership drive. Gulab Singh Yadav, Delhi MLA is the incharge of the party for the 2022 Gujarat election.[4]

Electoral performance

Municipal corporation election results
Year Municipal Corporation Seats contested Seats won Change in seats Percentage of votes[5] Vote swing Ref.
2021 Surat 120
27 / 120
 27 28.47
2021 Gandhinagar 40
1 / 44
 1 21.77
2021 Rajkot 72
0 / 72
 17.40
2021 Bhavnagar 52
0 / 52
 8.41
2021 Ahmedabad 192
0 / 192
 6.99

AAP made its debut in the February 2021 Gujarat local body elections, it contested elections to six municipal corporations, namely Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Bhavnagar and Jamnagar. It found major success in Surat and Rajkot. The overall vote share across the six municipal corporations was 13.28%. [6]

AAP then contested the Gandhinagar municipal elections in October 2021 bagging 21.77% of the votes and won one seat.[7]

Assembly elections

In January 2021, AAP national convener, Arvind Kejriwal announced that AAP would be contesting in six state elections in 2022. The six states were Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, and Punjab.[3] In March 2022, AAP Gujarat president Gopal Italia said that AAP's victory in Punjab gave encouragement to AAP Gujarat members. Soon after the Punjab results were declared, AAP started a party membership drive. Gulab Singh Yadav, Delhi MLA is the incharge of the party for the 2022 Gujarat election.[4] AAP started its election campaign for Gujarat on 2 April with a Padayatra.[2]

Organisation

References
  1. "As Punjab sweep gives wings to AAP hopes, Gujarat remains an uphill task". The Indian Express. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  2. "Ahead of Assembly polls, Kejriwal, Mann to hit campaign trail in Gujarat". Deccan Herald. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  3. "AAP to contest polls in 6 states, including Himachal Pradesh, UP, Gujarat". Hindustan Times. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  4. "Dream of clean politics comes true, says Gopal Italia". The Indian Express. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  5. "Gujarat municipal polls: AAP bags 13.28% vote share".
  6. "Gujarat municipal polls: AAP bags 13.28% vote share".
  7. "21% votes in Gandhinagar, 28% in Surat: AAP gaining at cost of Congress in Gujarat civic polls".
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