(Eds: Correcting a word in intro)Ahmedabad, Dec 18 (PTI) Congress leader Paresh Dhananitoday retained the Amreli assembly constituency by defeatinghis nearest rival Bavkubhai Undhad of the BJP by a margin of12,029 votes.
Dhanani won the seat for a third time and second timein a row.
Amreli, a constituency dominated by cotton growers, isfacing an agrarian crisis and this issue figured during thepoll campaigning.
Senior BJP leader Dileep Sanghani had defeated Dhananiin 2007 but lost to him in 2012. PTI KA PDRSY.
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