In 2009, Congress had won 11 out of the total 26 Lok Sabha seats, while in 2004 it had won 12 seats.
The focus areas for the Congress is Central Gujarat, the tribal belt apart from some seats in Saurashtra, which the party is hoping to surely win.
The Central Gujarat region comprising six seats in the tribal belt stretching from Banaskantha in north to Valsad in South Gujarat, and some seats of Saurashtra and Kutch have been classified as Grade ‘A' seats by the Congress in Gujarat.
The Central Gujarat region and the tribal belt have strongly backed the Congress inspite of wave in favour of BJP after the 2002 riots.
“The Congress has completed its meticulous planning before selection of candidates by identifying its strong and weak seats,” party spokesperson Manish Doshi said.
