Bhupendra Patel is the sitting Chief Minister of Gujarat and the BJP's candidate from the Ghatlodia constituency. He took oath as the 17th Chief Minister of Gujarat following Vijay Rupani's resignation from the post. He won the Ghatlodia seat in 2017 by defeating Congress' Shashikant Patel by a margin of 1,17,000 votes. A builder by profession, Bhupendra Patel has served as an elected member of various municipal bodies of Ahmedabad.