Congress has fielded its Rajya Sabha member Dr. Ami Yagnik from Ghatlodiya. Maninagar constituency can be called the city’s most talked about seat and BJP’s stronghold. On the one hand, the Jamalpur-Khadia and Dariyapur seats are dominated by Muslims, while on the other hand, at least six other seats – Ghatlodiya, Thakkarbapa Nagar, Sabarmati, Maninagar, Nikol and Naroda – have a sizeable number of voters from the Patidar community. Vejalpur and Danilimda (reserved) seats also have a sizeable number of Muslim voters. During the assembly elections of the year , BJP had got seats and Congress had won two seats in Dariapur and Danilimda. In the year 2017, Congress improved its performance and won four seats, Bapunagar, Jamalpur-Khadia, Dariyapur and Danilimda.