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Vejalpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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| Vejalpur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly | |
| District | Ahmedabad |
| State | Gujarat |
| Electorate | 326,977[1][needs update] |
| Lok Sabha Constituency | Gandhinagar |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2017 |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| MLA | Kishor Chauhan |
| Reservation | None |
Vejalpur is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.[2][3] It is part of Ahmedabad district and it came into existence after 2008 delimitation.
List of segments[edit]
This assembly seat represents the following segments,[4]
- Ahmedabad City Taluka (Part) Villages – Vastrapur, Maktampur, Gyaspur, Vejalpur (M), Makarba (CT), Sarkhej-Okaf (M), Jodhpur (M).
Member of Legislative Assembly[edit]
| Year | Member | Political Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Kishor Chauhan | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2017[1] | |||
Election results[edit]
2017[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Kishor Babulal Chauhan | 117,748 | 53.43 | -4.73 | |
| INC | Mihirbhai Shah | 95,181 | 43.19 | +6.03 | |
| Majority | 22,567 | 10.24 | -10.76 | ||
| Turnout | 2,20,397 | 67.40 | -3.98 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2012[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Kishor Babulal Chauhan | 1,13,507 | 58.16 | ||
| INC | Murjtujakhan Akbarkhan Pathan | 72,522 | 37.16 | ||
| Majority | 40,985 | 21.00 | |||
| Turnout | 1,95,162 | 71.38 | |||
| BJP win (new seat) | |||||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2017". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ↑ "Parliament / Assembly Constituency wise PS & Electors Detail - Draft Roll - 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ http://ceo.gujarat.gov.in/download/Detail_Report_AC2012.pdf