Surat Lok Sabha constituency

Surat
Surat
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
Assembly constituencies	Olpad ; Surat East ; Surat North ; Varachha Road ; Karanj ; Katargam ; Surat West
Established	1951
Total electors	16,55,658
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Mukesh Dalal
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Darshana Jardosh ; BJP

Surat Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Gujarat. Veteran BJP strongman Kashiram Rana has been an MP from this seat for 6 terms. Surat was also the constituency of the 7th Prime Minister of India Morarji Desai, who has been an MP for this constituency for 5 terms. Surat has elected BJP leaders as MP since 1989. In the 2024 election, the BJP candidate Mukesh Dalal won unopposed as the nominations of the Indian National Congress's candidate and their candidate were rejected and all other candidates withdrew.^[2]^[3]

Assembly segments[edit | edit source]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
155	Olpad	None	Surat	BJP	BJP
159	Surat East	None
160	Surat North	None
161	Varachha Road	None
162	Karanj	None
166	Katargam	None
167	Surat West	None

Member of Parliament[edit | edit source]

Year	Name	Portrait
1951	Kanayalal Desai		Indian National Congress
1957	Morarji Desai
1962
1967
1971			Indian National Congress
1977			Janata Party
1980	C. D. Patel		Indian National Congress
1984	C. D. Patel
1989	Kashiram Rana	File:Kashiram Rana.jpg	Bharatiya Janata Party
1991
1996
1998
1999
2004
2009	Darshana Jardosh
2014
2019
2024	Mukesh Dalal

Election results[edit | edit source]

2024[edit | edit source]

Template:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

2024 Indian general elections: Surat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP hold		Swing	N/A

2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Indian general elections: Surat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Darshana Vikram Jardosh	795,651	74.47	−1.32
	INC	Ashok Patel (Adhevada)	2,47,421	23.16	+3.62
	NOTA	None of the above	10,532	0.99	−0.16
Majority			5,48,230	51.31	−4.94
Turnout			10,69,253	64.58	+0.68
	BJP hold		Swing	-1.32

2014 general elections[edit | edit source]

2014 Indian general elections: Surat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Darshana Vikram Jardosh	7,18,412	75.79	+23.34
	INC	Naishadh Bhupatbhai Desai	1,85,222	19.54	−22.16
	AAP	Mohanbhai B. Patel	18,877	1.99	+1.99
	BSP	Omprakash Srivastav	6,346	0.67	−0.03
	IND.	Mukesh Lavjibhai Ambaliya	2,695	0.28	+0.28
	NOTA	None of the above	10,936	1.15	+1.15
Majority			5,33,190	56.25	+45.50
Turnout			9,48,383	63.90	+14.93
	BJP hold		Swing	+23.34

2009 general elections[edit | edit source]

2009 Indian general elections: Surat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Darshana Vikram Jardosh	3,64,947	52.45
	INC	Dhirubhai Haribhai Gajera	2,90,149	41.70
	MJP	Fakirbhai Chauhan	15,519	2.23
	BSP	Ajaykumar Dineshbhai Patel	4,858	0.70
	Independent	Mohd. Aiyub Abdul Raheman Shaikh	4,678	0.67
Majority			74,798	10.75
Turnout			6,96,372	49.01
	BJP hold		Swing

2004 general elections[edit | edit source]

2004 Indian general elections: Surat^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Kashiram Rana	5,08,000	56.69
	INC	Chandravadan Chhotubhai Pithawala	3,57,513	39.89
Majority			1,50,563	16.80
	BJP hold		Swing

1999 general elections[edit | edit source]

Indian general elections, 1999: Surat^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Kashiram Rana	4,23,773	68.82
	INC	Rupin Rameshchandra Pachchigar	1,74,576	28.35
Majority			2,49,197	40.47
	BJP hold		Swing

1998 general elections[edit | edit source]

Indian general elections, 1998: Surat^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Kashiram Rana	5,64,601	65.16
	INC	Thakorbhai Naik	2,60,579	30.07
Majority			3,04,022	35.09
	BJP hold		Swing

1996 general elections[edit | edit source]

Indian general elections, 1996: Surat^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Kashiram Rana	3,76,933	61.07
	INC	Manubhai Kotadia	2,01,672	32.68
Majority			1,75,261	28.39
	BJP hold		Swing

1991 general elections[edit | edit source]

Indian general elections, 1991: Surat^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Kashiram Rana	3,36,285	56.24
	INC	Sahdev Bherabhai Chaudhary	2,29,931	38.46
Majority			1,06,354	17.78
	BJP hold		Swing

1989 general elections[edit | edit source]

Indian general elections, 1989: Surat^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kashiram Rana	4,28,465	62.75	+18.52
	INC	C. D. Patel	2,34,434	34.33	−19.38
Majority			1,94,031	28.42
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

1984 general elections[edit | edit source]

Indian general elections, 1984: Surat^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Chhaganbhai Devabhai Patel	2,86,928	53.71
	BJP	Kashiram Chhabildas Rana	2,36,253	44.23
Majority			50,675	9.48
	INC hold		Swing

1980 general elections[edit | edit source]

Indian general elections, 1980: Surat^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	INC(I)	C. D. Patel	2,34,263
	JP	Asoka Mehta	2,07,602
Majority			26,661
	Indian National Congress (Indira) gain from JP		Swing

1977 general elections[edit | edit source]

Indian general elections, 1977: Surat^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JP	Morarji Desai	2,06,206	52.46
	INC	Jashvantsinh Chauhan	1,84,746	47.00
Majority			21,460	5.46
	JP hold		Swing

1971 general elections[edit | edit source]

Indian general elections, 1971: Surat^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	INC(O)	Morarji Desai	1,70,321
	INC	Gordhandas Chokhawala	1,38,797
Majority			31,524
	Indian National Congress (Organisation) gain from INC(I)		Swing

1967 general elections[edit | edit source]

Indian general elections, 1967: Surat^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	INC	Morarji Desai	1,63,836
	Independent	Jashvantsinh Chauhan	40,928
Majority			1,22,908
	INC hold		Swing

1962 general elections[edit | edit source]

Indian general elections, 1962: Surat^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	INC	Morarji Desai	1,65,225
	Independent	Jashvantsinh Chauhan	66,194
Majority			99,031
	INC hold		Swing

Notes[edit | edit source]

↑ "Surat Constituency". Indian Elections.
↑ "BJP's first win before polls, walkover in Surat. Here's what happened". India Today. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
↑ "BJP To Win Surat As Congress Candidate Disqualified, Independents Pull Out". NDTV.com. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
↑ ^4.00 ^4.01 ^4.02 ^4.03 ^4.04 ^4.05 ^4.06 ^4.07 ^4.08 ^4.09 ^4.10 ^4.11 "Surat Election Result 2019 - Parliamentary Constituency Map and Winning MP". Maps of India.

Lok Sabha
Preceded by Rae Bareli	Constituency represented by the prime minister 1977-1979	Succeeded by Baghpat

21°12′N 72°48′E / 21.2°N 72.8°E / 21.2; 72.8

[1] "Surat Constituency". Indian Elections.

[2] "BJP's first win before polls, walkover in Surat. Here's what happened". India Today. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

[3] "BJP To Win Surat As Congress Candidate Disqualified, Independents Pull Out". NDTV.com. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

[MAPS-4] 4.00 ^4.01 ^4.02 ^4.03 ^4.04 ^4.05 ^4.06 ^4.07 ^4.08 ^4.09 ^4.10 ^4.11 "Surat Election Result 2019 - Parliamentary Constituency Map and Winning MP". Maps of India.

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