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{{short description|Legislative Assembly constituency in Gujarat State, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox Vidhan Sabha constituency
|name = Gandhidham
|parl_name = [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]
|district = [[Kachchh district|Kachchh]]
|state = [[Gujarat]]
|electorate = {{formatnum:277717}}<ref name=election2017/>{{update after|2022}}
|lok_sabha_constituency = [[Kachchh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kachchh]]
|year = [[2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2017]]
|party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|mla = [[Maheshwari Malti Kishor]]
|reserved = [[Scheduled Castes|SC]]
|map4 =
|map_size =
}}

'''Gandhidham''' is one of the 182 [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] constituencies of [[Gujarat]] state in [[India]].<ref name=gjceo>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125011107/http://ceo.gujarat.gov.in/download/PCAC.pdf |url=http://ceo.gujarat.gov.in/download/PCAC.pdf |archive-date=25 January 2014 |title=Parliament / Assembly Constituency wise PS & Electors Detail - Draft Roll - 2014 |access-date= 1 June 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Gujarat/gujarat.pdf |title=Gujarat: Order No. 33: Table-A: Assembly Constituency and Their Extent |date=12 December 2006 |website=Election Commission of India |publisher=Delimitation Commission of India |pages=2–31 |format=PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305015941/http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Gujarat/gujarat.pdf |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=12 February 2017 }}</ref> It is part of [[Kachchh district|Kachchh]] district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the [[Scheduled Castes]] and was created after the 2008 delimitation.

==List of segments==
This assembly seat represents the following segments,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Gujarat/gujarat.pdf|title=Gujarat: Order No. 33: Table-A: Assembly Constituency and Their Extent|date=12 December 2006|website=Election Commission of India|publisher=Delimitation Commission of India|pages=2–31|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305015941/http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Gujarat/gujarat.pdf|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=|access-date=12 February 2017}}</ref>

# [[Gandhidham]] Taluka
# Bhachau Taluka (Part) Villages – Kadol, Manfara, Vamka, May, Kharoi, Ner, Baniari, Morgar, Amardi, Kabrau, Kumbhardi, Bandhadi, Sikara, Meghpar (Kunjisar), Karmariya, Vondhada, Halra, Rampar, Lakhpat, Vijpasar, Vondh, Chopadva, Lunva, Sukhpar, Bhujpar, Chirai Nani, Chirai Moti, Chhadavada, Samakhiari, Piprapati, Bhachau (M).
#Anjar Taluka (Part) Village – Varsana.

==Member of Legislative Assembly==
*2012 - Ramesh Maheshwari ([[Bharatiya Janata Party]])
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Member
!colspan="2"|Party
|-
|[[2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2012]]
|Ramesh Maheshwari
|Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2017]]
|Malti Maheshwari
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|}

== Election results ==
=== 2017 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2017]]: Gandhidham<ref name=election2017>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3841-gujarat-general-legislative-election-2017/ |title=Gujarat General Legislative Election 2017 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date= 11 July 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate = Malti Maheshwari
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 79,713
|percentage = 52.63
|change = -0.11
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Kishor Pingol
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 59,443
|percentage = 39.25
|change = +1.91
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 20,270
|percentage = 13.38
|change = -2.02
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,51,448
|percentage = 54.53
|change = -6.78
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2012===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Gandhidham]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Ramesh Maheshwari
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 72,988
|percentage = 52.74
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Jayashreeben Chavada
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 51,675
|percentage = 37.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Kishor Kanjibhai Kochra
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 4,786
|percentage = 3.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 21,313
|percentage = 15.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,38,389
|percentage = 61.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[List of constituencies of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Kachchh district]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Assembly constituencies of Gujarat}}

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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Gandhidham]]
[[Category:Politics of Kutch district]]

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