Arjun Modhwadia tweets: I accept voters' verdict and take responsibility of the results of my party. I tender my resignation from the post of GPCC president.

The Gujarat Congress president Arjun Modhwadia, seeking third consecutive term from Porbandar constituency, was defeated by his BJP rival Babu Bokhiria by a margin of 17,146 votes. Modhwadia, who had spearheaded a sustained and aggressive campaign against BJP, polled 60,458 votes while Bokhiria secured 77,604 votes. Modhwadia had won 2002 and 2007 polls from this  constituency. 

Incidentally, Narendra Modi polled 1,20,470 votes, while Shweta Bhatt got 34,097 votes. He had last time won the elections by over 87,000 votes.
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