Dhanera Assembly constituency

Dhanera
Constituency No. 9 for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
District	Banaskantha
LS constituency	Banaskantha
Established	1962
Total electors	2,68,653 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Mavjibhai Maganbhai Desai
Party	independent
Elected year	2022

Dhanera is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India. ^{[2] [3]} It is part of Banaskantha district. It is numbered as 9-Dhanera.

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments, ^[4]

1. Dhanera Taluka
2. Palanpur Taluka (Part) Village – Jorapura Bhakhar
3. Dantiwada Taluka

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Image	Party
2022	Mavjibhai Maganbhai Desai [5] [6]			Independent
2017	Nathabhai Hegolabhai Patel			Indian National Congress
2012	Joitabhai Patel			Indian National Congress
2007	Purohit Mafatlal motiram			Bharatiya Janata Party

Election candidate

2022

Gujarat Assembly election, 2022:Dhanera Assembly constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mavjibhai Maganbhai Desai	96,053	46.96	+46.96
	BJP	Bhagvanbhai Hajabhai Patel	60,357	29.51	−17.07
	INC	Nathabhai Hegolabhai Patel	38,260	18.70	−29.09
	AAP	Suresh Devda	1,130	0.55
	BSP	Prakashbhai Revabhai Solanki	2,154	1.05
	NOTA	None of the above	3,811	1.86
Majority			35,696	17.45
Turnout			2,04,561	76.14
Registered electors			2,68,653	[1]

Election results

2017

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Dhanera ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nathabhai Patel	82,390	47.79	−7.51
	BJP	Mavjibhai Desai	80,456	46.58	+10.56
	AINHCP	Tejabhai Rabari	2,802	1.62	New
Majority			2,093	1.21
Turnout			1,73,494	75.76
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2012

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Joitabhai Patel	87,460	55.12
	BJP	Vasantbhai Purohit	57,169	36.03
	Independent	Rupabhai Dabhi	4,901	3.09
Majority			30,291	19.09
Turnout			1,58,664	76.84
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2007

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mafatlal Purohit	65463	48.19
	INC	Nathabhai Pantrod	51699	38.06
	Independent	Chelabhai Sanodariya	7490	5.51
Majority			13764	10.13
Turnout			135847	62.78
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2002

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Harjivanbhai Patel	60573	46.79
	INC	Joitabhai Patel	57530	44.44
Majority			3043	2.35
Turnout			129463	68.01
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

1998

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Harjivanbhai Patel	55883	52.02
	INC	Nathabhai Patel	42504	39.56
Majority			13379	12.45
Turnout			112842	72.05
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

1995

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Govabhai Rabari	63814	52.86
	BJP	Harjivanbhai Patel	52352	43.37
Majority			11462	9.50
Turnout			124439	79.98
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

1990

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Harjivanbhai Patel	42252	49.32
	INC	Govabhai Desai	40049	46.75
Majority			2203	2.57
Turnout			87405	68.73
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

1985

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1985

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Joitabhai Patel	31,166	55.18
	BJP	Rameshchandra Shah	16975	30.05
Majority			14191	25.13
Turnout			57764	59.09
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

1980

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Joitabhai Patel	24067	54.44
	INC	Mansukhlal Dave	18245	41.27
Majority			5822	13.17
Turnout			45885	55.03
	JP gain from INC		Swing

1975

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1975

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mansukhlal Dave	13971	41.27
	ABJS	Vishabhai Akolia	12170	35.95
Majority			1801	5.32
Turnout			36340	50.89
	indian National Congress gain from ABJS		Swing

1972

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1972

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dalubhai Desai	18523	55.32
	INC(O)	S Godadbhai Parikh	8872	26.50
Majority			9651	28.82
Turnout			36228	51.40
	INC gain from INC(O)		Swing

1967

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	B. J. Joshi	15146	58.35
	INC	S. M. Shah	10813	41.65
Majority			4333	16.69
Turnout			27902	47.53
	SWA gain from INC		Swing

1962

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Surajmal Shah	10665	50.60
	SWA	Balashanker Joshi	10413	49.40
Majority			252	1.20
Turnout			23123	41.75
	INC gain from SWA		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
• Banaskantha district

References

1. "Gujarat Legislative Elections". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
2. "Parliament / Assembly constituency wise PS & Electors Detail - Draft Roll - 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
3. "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.
4. "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.
5. Zee News (9 December 2022). "Gujarat Assembly Election Results 2022: Full list of winners, seat-wise winning candidates of AAP, BJP, Congress". Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
6. India Today (9 December 2022). "Gujarat Election 2022: Winning candidates from BJP, Congress, AAP". Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
7. "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2017". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2021.

External links

• "Results of Gujarat Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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