Kachchh (Lok Sabha constituency)

Kachchh
Kachchh
Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Vinod Chavda
Parliamentary Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1952
Reservation	SC
State	Gujarat
Assembly Constituencies	Abdasa; Mandvi; Bhuj; Anjar; Gandhidham; Rapar; Morbi

Kachchh Lok Sabha constituency (formerly Kutch Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Gujarat state in western India. Kachchh is the third largest constituency in India, with an area of 45,652 km².^[1] It is larger than Denmark.

Vidhan Sabha segments[edit]

Presently, Kachchh Lok Sabha constituency comprises seven assembly segments. These are:^[2]

Constituency Number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	MLA	Party	Party Leading (in 2019)
1	Abdasa	None	Kachchh	Pradyumansinh Jadeja	BJP	BJP
2	Mandvi	None	Kachchh	Virendrasinh Jadeja	BJP	BJP
3	Bhuj	None	Kachchh	DR.Nimaben Acharya	BJP	BJP
4	Anjar	None	Kachchh	Vasanbhai Ahir	BJP	BJP
5	Gandhidham	SC	Kachchh	Maltiben Maheshwari	BJP	BJP
6	Rapar	None	Kachchh	Santokben Arethiya	INC	BJP
65	Morbi	None	Morbi	Brijesh Merja	BJP	BJP

Members of Lok Sabha[edit]

Year	Winner
1952	Bhawanji Arjun Khimji	Indian National Congress
1957	Bhawanji Arjun Khimji	Indian National Congress
1962	Himmatsinghji	Swatantra Party
1967	Tulsidas M Sheth	Indian National Congress
1971	Mahipatrai Mehta	Indian National Congress
1977	Anant Dave	Janata Party
1980	Mahipatrai Mehta	Indian National Congress (Indira)
1984	Usha Thakkar	Indian National Congress
1989	Babubhai Shah	Bharatiya Janata Party
1991	Harilal Nanji Patel	Indian National Congress
1996	Pushpdan Gadhavi	Bharatiya Janata Party
1998
1999
2004
2009	Poonamben Jat
2014	Vinod Chavda
2019	Vinod Chavda

Election Results[edit]

2019 Indian general election in Gujarat[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Kachchh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vinod Lakhamashi Chavda	6,37,034	62.26	+2.86
	INC	Naresh Naranbhai Maheshwari	3,31,521	32.40	-0.15
	NOTA	None of the Above	18,761	1.83	+0.05
	BMP	Maheshwari Devjibhai Vachhiyabhai	10,098	0.99
	BSP	Lakhubhai Vaghela	7,448	0.73
Majority			3,05,513	29.86	+3.01
Turnout			10,24,512	58.71	-3.07
	BJP hold		Swing

General Election 2014[edit]

2014 Indian general elections: Kachchh^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vinod Lakhamashi Chavda	5,62,855	59.40	+8.82
	INC	Dr. Dineshbhai Parmar	3,08,373	32.55	-5.39
	BSP	Kamalbhai Matang	21,230	2.24	+0.55
	BMP	Hirji Punjabhai Siju	21,106	2.23
	AAP	Govindbhai Punamchand Danicha	15,797	1.67
	NOTA	None of the Above	16,879	1.78	---
Majority			2,54,482	26.85	+14.21
Turnout			9,47,525	61.78	+17.05
	BJP hold		Swing

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General Elections 2009[edit]

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2009 Indian general elections: Kachchh^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Poonamben Veljibhai Jat	2,85,225	50.58
	INC	Valjibhai Danicha	2,13,921	37.94
	Independent	Hiraben Vanzara	15,881	2.82
Majority			71,343	12.64
Turnout			5,64,008	42.55
	BJP hold		Swing

General Elections 2004[edit]

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2004 Indian general elections: Kutch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Pushpdan Gadhavi	2,21,057	48.15
	INC	Shailendrasinh Jadeja	1,92,067	41.84
	Independent	Dhanraj Sheda	20,334	4.42
Majority			28,990	6.32
Turnout			4,59,043	45.60
	BJP hold		Swing

Notes[edit]

↑ "Smallest constituency is just 10 sq km". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
↑ "Parliament Constituency wise Electors Detail, Polling Stations & EPIC - Loksabha Election 2009" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Gujarat website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-16.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 CEO Gujarat. Contesting Candidates LS2014
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 "Constituencywise-All Candidates". ECI.
↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-11. Retrieved 2014-06-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-18. Retrieved 2014-06-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] "Smallest constituency is just 10 sq km". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 2019-12-19.

[2] "Parliament Constituency wise Electors Detail, Polling Stations & EPIC - Loksabha Election 2009" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Gujarat website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-16.

[auto-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 CEO Gujarat. Contesting Candidates LS2014

[auto1-4] 4.0 ^4.1 "Constituencywise-All Candidates". ECI.

[5] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-11. Retrieved 2014-06-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-18. Retrieved 2014-06-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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v t e Lok Sabha constituencies of Gujarat
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Defunct	Ahmedabad Dhandhuka Godhra Kapadvanj Mandvi