2009 Indian general election in Gujarat

Indian general election in Gujarat, 2009

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26 seats
Turnout	47.90%
First party Second party   Party BJP INC Alliance NDA UPA Last election 14 seats, 47.37% 12 seats, 43.86% Seats won 15 11 Seat change 1 1 Swing 0.75% 0.78%
Gujarat
Prime Minister before election Manmohan Singh INC Prime Minister after election Manmohan Singh INC

In the 2009 Indian general election for Gujarat were held for 26 seats in the state. The major two contenders in the state were Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and the Indian National Congress (INC).

Parties and alliances

   National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Narendra Modi	26

   United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress			Siddharth Patel	26

Voting and results

Source: Election Commission of India ^[1]

Results by party

The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) won 15 seats and the Indian National Congress won 11 seats.

List of elected MPs

No	Constituency	Turnout%	Winning Candidate	Winning Party		Votes	Margin
1	Kachchh	42.55	Poonamben Veljibhai Jat		Bharatiya Janata Party	285,225	71,343
2	Banaskantha	49.83	Mukesh Gadhvi		Indian National Congress	289,409	10,154
3	Patan	44.67	Jagdish Thakor		Indian National Congress	283,772	18,054
4	Mahesana	49.74	Jayshreeben Patel		Bharatiya Janata Party	334,598	21,865
5	Sabarkantha	49.41	Mahendrasinh Chauhan		Bharatiya Janata Party	337,416	17,155
6	Gandhinagar	50.83	L.K.Advani		Bharatiya Janata Party	434,044	121,747
7	Ahmedabad East	42.35	Harin Pathak		Bharatiya Janata Party	318,846	86,056
8	Ahmedabad West	48.22	Kirit Premjibhai Solanki		Bharatiya Janata Party	376,823	91,127
9	Surendranagar	39.73	Somabhai Gandalal Koli Patel		Indian National Congress	247,705	4,831
10	Rajkot	44.64	Kunwarjibhai Mohanbhai Bavaliya		Indian National Congress	307,434	24,735
11	Porbandar	47.67	Vitthalbhai Hansrajbhai Radadiya		Indian National Congress	329,436	39,503
12	Jamnagar	45.79	Ahir Vikrambhai Arjanbhai Madam		Indian National Congress	281,403	26,418
13	Junagadh	57.88	Solanki Dinubhai Boghabhai		Bharatiya Janata Party	355,295	13,759
14	Amreli	39.97	Kachhadia Naranbhai		Bharatiya Janata Party	247,660	37,326
15	Bhavnagar	45.16	Rajendrasinh Ghanshyamsinh Rana		Bharatiya Janata Party	213,358	5,893
16	Anand	48.41	Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki		Indian National Congress	348,652	67,318
17	Kheda	41.60	Dinsha Patel		Indian National Congress	283,780	721
18	Panchmahal	42.65	Prabhatsinh Pratapsinh Chauhan		Bharatiya Janata Party	282,079	2,081
19	Dahod	44.73	Dr. Prabha Kishor Taviad		Indian National Congress	250,586	58,536
20	Vadodara	49.02	Balkrishna Khanderao Shukla		Bharatiya Janata Party	428,833	136,028
21	Chhota Udaipur	54.19	Rathwa Ramsingbhai Patalbhai		Bharatiya Janata Party	353,526	26,998
22	Bharuch	57.14	Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava		Bharatiya Janata Party	311,018	27,732
23	Bardoli	57.81	Tushar Amarsinh Chaudhary		Indian National Congress	398,323	58,878
24	Surat	49.01	Darshana Jardosh		Bharatiya Janata Party	364,947	74,798
25	Navsari	46.66	C. R. Patil		Bharatiya Janata Party	423,413	132,643
26	Valsad	56.11	Kishanbhai Vestabhai Patel		Indian National Congress	357,755	7,169

Assembly segments wise lead of parties

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2007)
	Bharatiya Janata Party	105	117
	Indian National Congress	76	59
	Janata Dal (United)	1	1
	Others	–	5
Total		182

References

1. "Election Commission of India". Archived from the original on 2009-05-21. Retrieved 2009-05-21.