Dangs (Vidhan Sabha constituency)


Dang is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.[2][3] It is part of Dang district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. And also Dang District (Nepali: दाङ जिल्ला, [daŋ]) is a district of Lumbini Province located in the Inner Terai of midwestern Nepal. Deukhuri valley of the district is the capital of the province and is the second largest valley of Asia surrounded by Sivalik Hills and Mahabharata Range. The district headquarter Ghorahi is the seventh largest city and the largest sub-metropolitan city of Nepal. Tulsipur sub-metropolitan city, the second largest city of Dang, is a major transportation hub with an extensive road and air networks. The district covers an area of 2,955 km² and has a population of 548,141 (2011 census).

Dang
Constituency
for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
DistrictDang
StateGujarat
Electorate166,443[1][needs update]
Lok Sabha ConstituencyValsad
Current constituency
Created2020
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
MLAVijaybhai Rameshbhai Patel
ReservationST


List of segmentsEdit

This assembly seat represents the following segments,

  1. Dang District entirely (Waghai, Ahwa and Subir Taluka)

Member of Legislative AssemblyEdit

Election resultsEdit

2012Edit

2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Dangs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mangalbhai Gavit 45,637 45.29
BJP Vijayabhai Patel 43,215 42.88
Majority 2,422 2.40
Turnout 1,00,773 69.79
INC gain from BJP Swing

2017Edit

2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Dang[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mangalbhai Gavit 57,820 47.13
BJP Vijayabhai Patel 57,052 46.51
IND Dinesbhai Pawar 3,035 2.47
Majority 768 0.62
Turnout 1,22,672 73.70
INC hold Swing

2020 bye-pollEdit

Bye-election, 2020: Dangs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Vijaybhai Rameshba Patel 94,006 69.56
INC Suryakantbhai Ratanbhai Gavit 33,911 25.09
NOTA None of the Above 2,939 2.17
Majority 60,095 44.47
Turnout 1,35,148 75.83
BJP gain from INC Swing

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2017". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. "Parliament / Assembly Constituency wise PS & Electors Detail - Draft Roll - 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  3. "Gujarat: Order No. 33: Table-A: Assembly Constituency and Their Extent" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Delimitation Commission of India. 12 December 2006. pp. 2–31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  4. http://ceo.gujarat.gov.in/download/Detail_Report_AC2012.pdf

Coordinates: 20°48′N 73°43′E / 20.8°N 73.71°E / 20.8; 73.71