Gandhidham | |
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Constituency No. 5 for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | Western India |
State | Gujarat |
District | Kachchh |
LS constituency | Kachchh |
Established | 2008 |
Total electors | 314,991[1] |
Reservation | SC |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Elected year | 2022 |
Gandhidham is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.[2][3] It is part of Kachchh district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and was created after the 2008 delimitation, and is numbered as 5-Gandhidham.
This assembly seat represents the following segments,[4]
Year | Name | Party | ||
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2012 | Ramesh Maheshwari | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
2017 | Malti Maheshwari | |||
2022 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Malti Maheshwari | 83,760 | 55.23 | ||
INC | Bharatbhai Veljibhai Solanki | 45,929 | 30.28 | ||
AAP | Budhabhai Thavar Maheshwari | 14,827 | 9.78 | ||
NOTA | None of the Above | 3,105 | 2.05 | ||
Majority | 37,831 | 24.95 | |||
Turnout | |||||
BJP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Malti Maheshwari | 80,000 | 52.63 | -0.11 | |
INC | Kishor Pingol | 59,443 | 39.25 | +1.91 | |
Majority | 20,270 | 13.38 | -2.02 | ||
Turnout | 1,51,448 | 54.53 | -6.78 | ||
BJP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Ramesh Maheshwari | 72,988 | 52.74 | ||
INC | Jayashreeben Chavada | 51,675 | 37.34 | ||
BSP | Kishor Kanjibhai Kochra | 4,786 | 3.46 | ||
Majority | 21,313 | 15.40 | |||
Turnout | 1,38,389 | 61.31 | |||
BJP win (new seat) |
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