Porbandar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Porbandar
Porbandar
Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Rameshbhai Dhaduk
Parliamentary Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1977
Reservation	None
State	Gujarat
Assembly Constituencies	Gondal; Jetpur; Dhoraji; Porbandar; Kutiyana; Manavadar; Keshod

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Porbandar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Gujarat state in western India.

Assembly segments[edit]

Presently, Porbandar Lok Sabha constituency comprises seven Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:^[1]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Party	MLA	Party Leading (in 2019)
73	Gondal	None	Rajkot	Gitaba Jadeja	BJP	BJP
74	Jetpur	None	Rajkot	Jayesh Radadiya	BJP	BJP
75	Dhoraji	None	Rajkot	Lalit Vasoya	INC	BJP
83	Porbandar	None	Porbandar	Babu Bokhiria	BJP	BJP
84	Kutiyana	None	Porbandar	Kandhal Jadeja	NCP	BJP
85	Manavadar	None	Junagadh	Jawaharbhai Chavda	BJP	BJP
88	Keshod	None	Junagadh	Devabhai Malam	BJP	BJP

Members of Parliament[edit]

Year	Winner	Party
1977	Dharmasinhbhai Patel	Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980	Maldevji Odedra	Indian National Congress (I)
1984	Parsotambhai Bhalodia	Indian National Congress
1989	Balvantbhai Manvar	Janata Dal
1991	Harilal Patel	Bharatiya Janata Party
1996	Gordhanbhai Javia
1998
1999
2004	Harilal Patel
2009	Vitthalbhai Radadiya	Indian National Congress
2013^		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019	Rameshbhai Dhaduk

^ by poll.
Vitthalbhai Radadiya won Lok Sabha seat for Congress in 2009, but gave up the seat after he became MLA for Congress from Dhoraji after 2012 assembly elections. But he resigned from Congress immediately after those elections. And contested Lok Sabha by-poll of 2013 on BJP ticket and won. Dhoraji assembly by-poll in 2013 was won by BJP's Pravin Mankadia.

Election results[edit]

General Election 2019[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Porbandar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rameshbhai Lavjibhai Dhaduk	5,63,881	59.36	-3.41
	INC	Lalit Vasoya	3,34,058	35.17	+5.48
	BSP	Samatbhai Govabhai Kadavala	10,092	1.06	-0.44
	IND	Vimalbhai Ratilal Ramani	8,653	0.91
	NOTA	None of the Above	7,840	0.83	-1.20
Majority			2,29,823	24.19	-8.89
Turnout			9,51,107	57.21	+4.59
	BJP hold		Swing

General Election 2014[edit]

2014 Indian general elections: Porbandar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Vitthalbhai Hansrajbhai Radadiya	5,08,437	62.77
	NCP	Kandhalbhai Sarmanbhai Jadeja	2,40,466	29.69
	NOTA	None of the Above	16,443	2.03
	BSP	Vrajalal Pababhai Sadiya	12,180	1.50
	AAP	Mansukh Sundaraji Dhokai	7,939	0.98
	Independent	Ranjitbhai Naranbhai Vakil	4,475	0.55
Majority			2,67,971	33.08
Turnout			8,09,985	52.62
	BJP hold		Swing

By Election 2013[edit]

Bye-election, 2013: Porbandar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Vitthalbhai Hansrajbhai Radadiya	2,89,893	64.06
	INC	Vinubhai Gordhanbhai Amipara	1,44,370	31.90
	Independent	Chandulal Mohanbhai Rathod	6,633	1.47
	Independent	Ajaykumar Nautamlal Pandya	4,439	0.98
	Independent	Rajeshbhai Maganbhai Butani	2,852	0.63
Majority			1,45,523	32.16
Turnout			4,52,654	30.28
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

General Election 2009[edit]

2009 Indian general elections: Porbandar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Vitthalbhai Hansrajbhai Radadiya	3,29,436	49.87
	BJP	Mansukhbhai Shamjibhai Kachariya	2,89,933	43.89
	BSP	Mehulkumar Karsanbhai Chandravadiya	14,713	2.23
	Independent	Rajendra Amrutlal Parmar	11,905	1.80
	IJP	Nathabhai Jivabhai Jadeja	6,418	0.97
Majority			39,503	5.98
Turnout			6,60,653	47.67
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

General Election 2004[edit]

2004 Indian general elections: Porbandar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Harilal Madhavjibhai Patel	2,29,113	46.71
	INC	Vitthalbhai Hansrajbhai Radadiya	2,23,410	45.55
	Independent	Ajaybhai Vrujlal Mavani	14,064	2.87
	Independent	Gordhan Rajabhai Tukadiya	8,907	1.82
	BSP	Keshavbhai Aebhabhai Bhutiya	7,300	1.49
Majority			5,703	1.16
Turnout			4,90,480	49.29
	BJP hold		Swing

Notes[edit]

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

Coordinates: 21°36′N 69°36′E / 21.6°N 69.6°E / 21.6; 69.6

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

[1]

v t e Lok Sabha constituencies of Gujarat
Current (since 2008)	Ahmedabad East Ahmedabad West Amreli Anand Banaskantha Bardoli Bharuch Bhavnagar Chhota Udaipur Dahod Gandhinagar Jamnagar Junagadh Kachchh Kheda Mahesana Navsari Panchmahal Patan Porbandar Rajkot Sabarkantha Surat Surendranagar Vadodara Valsad
Defunct	Ahmedabad Dhandhuka Godhra Kapadvanj Mandvi