Ahmedabad West (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Ahmedabad West Lok Sabha constituency (Gujarati: અમદાવાદ પશ્ચિમ લોકસભા મતવિસ્તાર) is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian parliament) constituencies in Gujarat, a state in western India. This constituency was created as a part of the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008. This seat is reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC).[2] It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Dr.Kirit Premjibhai Solanki of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). As of latest elections in 2019, Dr.Solanki represents this constituency.

Ahmedabad West
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentDr. Kirit Premjibhai Solanki
Parliamentary PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established2008
ReservationSC
StateGujarat
Total Electors16,78,710[1]
Most Successful PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Assembly ConstituenciesEllisbridge
Amraiwadi
Dariapur
Jamalpur-Khadiya
Maninagar
Danilimda
Asarwa

Assembly segmentsEdit

As of 2014, Ahmedabad West Lok Sabha constituency comprises seven Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:[2]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District MLA Party Party Leading
(in 2019)
44 Ellisbridge None Ahmedabad Rakesh Shah BJP BJP
50 Amraiwadi None Ahmedabad Jagadish Patel BJP BJP
51 Dariapur None Ahmedabad Gyasuddin Shekh INC BJP
52 Jamalpur-Khadiya None Ahmedabad Imaran Khedawala INC INC
53 Maninagar None Ahmedabad Suresh Patel BJP BJP
54 Danilimda SC Ahmedabad Shailesh Parmar INC INC
56 Asarwa SC Ahmedabad Pradip Parmar BJP BJP

Members of ParliamentEdit

  • Elections until 2008, See Ahmedabad parliamentary constituency.
  • This seat came into existence from 2009 elections.
Election Member Party
2009 Kiritbhai Solanki Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019

Election resultsEdit

General election 2019Edit

2019 Indian general elections:Ahmedabad West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Kirit Premjibhai Solanki 6,41,622 64.35 +0.38
INC Raju Parmar 3,20,076 32.1 +1.33
BSP Tribhovandas Karsandas Vaghela 10,028 1.01 +0.37
NOTA None of the Above 14,719 1.48 -0.24
Margin of victory 3,21,546 32.25 -0.95
Turnout 9,99,233 60.81 -2.12
BJP hold Swing

General election 2014Edit

2014 Indian general elections: Ahmedabad West[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Kirit Premjibhai Solanki 617,104 63.97 +9.36
INC Ishwar Makwana 296,793 30.77 -10.63
AAP J. J. Mewada 17,332 1.80 N/A
BSP Mansukhbhai Nagarbhai Chavda 6,205 0.64 -0.58
Independent Vitthalbhai Maganbhai Solanki 2,837 0.29 -0.51
BMP J. G. Parmar 2,564 0.27 N/A
Lokantrik Samajwadi Party Narendra Sankhaliya 1,391 0.14 +0.01
Independent Rameshbhai Dhanbhai Solanki 1,256 0.13 -0.04
Bahujan Suraksha Dal Amrut Sonara 941 0.10 N/A
Independent Aayar Muljibhai Khanabhai 808 0.08 N/A
Independent Harjivanbhai Kalabhai Solanki 807 0.08 N/A
NOTA None of the Above 16,571 1.72 N/A
Margin of victory 320,311 33.20 +20.00
Turnout 9,65,560 62.93 +14.71
BJP hold Swing

General election 2009Edit

2009 Indian general elections: Ahmedabad West[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Kirit Solanki 3,76,823 54.61 N/A
INC Shailesh Parmar 2,85,696 41.40 N/A
BSP Pravin Solanki 8,436 1.22 N/A
Independent Vitthalbhai Maganbhai Solanki 5,513 0.80 N/A
Lokpriya Samaj Party Mohanbhai Karshanbhai Parmar 2,931 0.42 N/A
Independent Kantibhai Hemabhai Solanki 1,965 0.28 N/A
Independent Ratnaben Dahyabhai Vora 1,168 0.17 N/A
Independent Rameshbhai Danabhai Solanki 1,159 0.17 N/A
LJP Ishwarbhai Dhanabhai Makwana 1,155 0.17 N/A
Independent Ishwarbhai Khandas Shah 1,111 0.16 N/A
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party Narendrasinh Mansinh Sankhaliya 923 0.13 N/A
RPI(A) Savle Bhika Fula 779 0.11 N/A
Independent Prahladbhai Natthubhai Chauhan 693 0.10 N/A
AIMF Vijaykumar Manjibhai Vadher 616 0.09 N/A
IJP Shirsath Vedubhai Kautikbhai 561 0.08 N/A
Independent Dalpatbhai Khimabhai Vanzara 544 0.08 N/A
Margin of victory 91,127 13.21 N/A
Turnout 6,90,073 48.22 N/A
BJP win (new seat)

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. Electorate Details: Ahmedabad West
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 147. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  3. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election – 2014". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  4. "Ahmedabad West". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014.
  5. "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. pp. 38–39. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.