Dhoraji (Vidhan Sabha constituency)


Dhoraji is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.[2][3] It is part of Rajkot district, and is one of the 8 assembly seats under Porbandar.

Dhoraji
Constituency
for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
DistrictRajkot
StateGujarat
Electorate250,620[1][needs update]
Lok Sabha ConstituencyPorbandar
Current constituency
Created2017
PartyIndian National Congress
MLALalit Vasoya
ReservationNone

List of segmentsEdit

This assembly seat represents the following segments,[4]

  1. Upleta Taluka .
  2. Dhoraji Taluka

Member of Legislative AssemblyEdit

  • 1990 - Vitthalbhai Radadiya, Bharatiya Janata Party
  • 1995 - Vitthalbhai Radadiya, Bharatiya Janata Party
  • 1998 - Vitthalbhai Radadiya, Vaghela's Party
  • 2002 - Vitthalbhai Radadiya, Congress
  • 2007 - Vitthalbhai Radadiya, Congress
  • 2009 (by-poll) - Jayesh Radadiya, after his father Vitthal Radadiya became an MP and gave up his Vidhan Saha seat
  • 2012 - Vitthalbhai Radadiya, Congress
    • Vitthalbhai Radadiya joined BJP soon after the 2012 election and resigned from the assembly
  • 2013 (by-poll) - Pravin Makadiya, Bharatiya Janata Party
Year Member Picture Party
2017 Lalit Vasoya[1] Indian National Congress

Election resultsEdit

2017Edit

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Dhoraji[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Lalit Vasoya
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout

2013Edit

Gujarat Assembly By election, 2013
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pravin Makadiya 44,751
INC Haribhai Patel 33,254
Majority 11,497
Turnout
BJP gain from INC Swing

2012Edit

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Vitthalbhai Radadiya 76189 46.44
BJP Haribhai Patel 73246 44.65
Majority 2943 1.79
Turnout 164045 70.86
INC hold Swing

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "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. "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.
  5. http://www.narendramodi.in/bjp%E2%80%99s-victory-in-all-6-gujarat-by-elections-an-ultimatum-to-congress-cm/
  6. http://ceo.gujarat.gov.in/download/Detail_Report_AC2012.pdf

Coordinates: 21°44′N 70°27′E / 21.73°N 70.45°E / 21.73; 70.45