Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha constituency

Ahmedabad East
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
Assembly constituencies	Dahegam Gandhinagar South Vatva Nikol Naroda Thakkarbapa Nagar Bapunagar
Established	2008
Total electors	18,09,841 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Hasmukh Patel
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2019

Ahmedabad East is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian parliament) constituencies in Gujarat, a state in western India. This constituency was created as a part of the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008. ^[2] It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Harin Pathak of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The second elections which were held in 2014, film actor Paresh Rawal of the BJP represented this constituency. As of the 2019 elections, Hasmukh Patel of the BJP represents this constituency. ^[3]

Assembly segments

As of 2014, Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha constituency comprises seven Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are: ^[2]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	MLA	Party	Party Leading (in 2019)
34	Dahegam	None	Gandhinagar	Balrajsinh Chauhan	BJP	BJP
35	Gandhinagar South	None	Gandhinagar	Alpesh Thakor	BJP	BJP
43	Vatva	None	Ahmedabad	Babusinh Jadav	BJP	BJP
46	Nikol	None	Ahmedabad	Jagdish Vishwakarma	BJP	BJP
47	Naroda	None	Ahmedabad	Payal Kukrani	BJP	BJP
48	Thakkarbapa Nagar	None	Ahmedabad	Kanchanben Radadiya	BJP	BJP
49	Bapunagar	None	Ahmedabad	Dineshsinh Kushwaha	BJP	BJP

Five of its seven Vidhan Sabha segments: Gandhinagar South, Vatva, Nikol, Thakkarbapa Nagar, and Bapunagar were also created in 2008 as a part of the implementation of delimitation of legislative assembly constituencies. Naroda and Dehgam were earlier in former Ahmedabad and Kapadvanj constituencies respectively. ^[4]

Members of Parliament

• Elections until 2008, See Ahmedabad parliamentary constituency.
• This seat came into existence from 2009 elections.

From 2014 to 2019, film actor Paresh Rawal represented this constituency.

Election	Member	Party
2009	Harin Pathak		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Paresh Rawal
2019	Hasmukh Patel
2024

Election results

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Ahmedabad East ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Hasmukhbhai Somabhai Patel	770,459	68.17
	INC	Himmatsinh Prahladsinh Patel	3,08,704	27.36
	NOTA	None of the Above	10,503	0.92
Majority			4,61,755	37.28
Turnout			11,30,756	55.42
	BJP hold		Swing

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Ahmedabad East ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Hasmukhbhai Somabhai Patel	749,834	67.17	+2.88
	INC	Gitaben Kiranbhai Patel	3,15,504	28.26	−2.89
	BSP	Ganeshbhai Narsinhbhai Vaghela	9,121	0.82	+0.21
	NOTA	None of the Above	9,008	0.81	−0.65
Majority			4,34,330	38.91	+5.77
Turnout			1,119,064	61.76	+0.17
	BJP hold		Swing	+2.88

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Ahmedabad East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Paresh Rawal	633,582	64.29	+10.92
	INC	Himmatsingh Prahladsingh Patel	3,06,949	31.15	−7.82
	AAP	Dinesh Vaghela	11,349	1.15	N/A
	BSP	Rohit Rajubhai Virjibhai	6,023	0.61	−0.60
	NOTA	None of the Above	14,358	1.46	N/A
Majority			3,26,633	33.14	+18.74
Turnout			9,86,526	61.59	+19.27
	BJP hold		Swing	+10.92

General election 2009

2009 Indian general election: Ahmedabad East ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Harin Pathak	318,846	53.37	N/A
	INC	Dipakbhai Babaria	2,32,790	38.97	N/A
	NCP	Bholabhai Patel	8,999	1.51	N/A
	Independent	Brijeshkumar Ujagarlal Sharma	7,477	1.25	N/A
	BSP	Virubhai N. Vanzara	7,254	1.21	N/A
	Independent	Rajesh Hariram Maurya	4,601	0.77	N/A
	Mahagujarat Janta Party	Pravin Rambhai Patel	4,580	0.77	N/A
	Independent	Anilkumar Brijendrabhai Sharma	3,042	0.51	N/A
	Independent	Buddhpriya Jasvant Somabhai	2,003	0.34	N/A
	Independent	Bhavinbhai Amrutbhai Patel	1,345	0.23	N/A
	Independent	Pareshbhai Rasiklal Thakkar	1,337	0.22	N/A
	SP	Sanjitkumar Radhakrishnasinh Rajput	1,000	0.17	N/A
	IJP	Ranjeetsingh Ramsankarsingh Rajput	811	0.14	N/A
	Bharatiya National Janta Dal	Sanjiv Indravadan Bhatt	712	0.12	N/A
	Independent	Khodabhai Laljibhai Desai	694	0.12	N/A
	RSPS	Hasrath Jayram Pagare	678	0.11	N/A
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party (India)	N. T. Sengal	639	0.11	N/A
	National Lokhind Party	Premhari Rameshchandra Sharma	579	0.10	N/A
Margin of victory			86,056	14.40	N/A
Turnout			5,97,850	42.35	N/A
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

• Ahmedabad Lok Sabha constituency
• Ahmedabad District
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

1. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election – 2014". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 147. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
3. "It's too early to judge 'Achche din': Paresh Rawal". Daily News and Analysis . Deepak Rathi. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
4. "BJP, Cong face diamond woes in East". Daily News and Analysis . 14 April 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
5. Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Ahmedabad East". Archived from the original on 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
6. "2019 General Election constituency wise detailed result". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
7. "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 38. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

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