Gandhidham Assembly constituency

Gandhidham
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 Malti Maheshwari
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.

List of segments

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

1. Gandhidham Taluka
2. Bhachau Taluka (Part) Villages – Kadol, Manfara, Vamka, May, Kharoi, Ner, Baniari, Morgar, Amardi, Kabrau, Kumbhardi, Bandhadi, Sikara, Meghpar (Kunjisar), Karmariya, Vondhada, Halra, Rampar, Lakhpat, Vijpasar, Vondh, Chopadva, Lunva, Sukhpar, Bhujpar, Chirai Nani, Chirai Moti, Chhadavada, Samakhiari, Piprapati, Bhachau (M).
3. Anjar Taluka (Part) Village – Varsana.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
2012	Ramesh Maheshwari		Bharatiya Janata Party
2017	Malti Maheshwari
2022

Election results

2022

2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Gandhidham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

2017

2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Gandhidham ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

2012

2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Gandhidham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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)

See also

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

References

1. "Over 4.90 crore voters in Gujarat ; ECI releases final roll and electors details 2022". www.deshgujarat.com. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
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. "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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