Ahmedabad, June 23 -- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Gopal Italia won the Visavadar (Gujarat) Assembly by-election by a margin of 17,554 votes on Monday.

The party had fielded Gopal Italia, a former Gujarat party chief, as its candidate for the Visavadar Assembly bypolls.

The AAP party workers celebrated the election results in Gujarat, as Gopal Italia defeated BJP's Kirit Patel by 17,554 votes, garnering 75,942 votes in total.

The Visavadar seat fell vacant after Bhayani Bhupendrabhai Gandubhai resigned.

Visavadar assembly constituency is part of Junagadh district and a segment of Junagadh Lok Sabha constituency.

Former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party Chief Arvind Kejriwal on Monday congratulated the people of Gujarat and ...