Modi aide Amit Shah wins from Naranpura seat

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The former minister of state for Home polled 1,03,988 votes, while Patel secured 40,653 votes.
Shah, the close confidante of chief minister Narendra Modi, is currently out on bail after Supreme Court rejected the CBI's plea to cancel the relief granted to him in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case.
Shah returned to Gujarat after a gap of two years, following the Supreme Court judgement allowing him to enter the state.
CBI had named Shah as the "kingpin" in the chargesheet filed in Tulsi Prajapati fake encounter case.
First Published: Dec 20 2012 | 3:35 PM IST