Morbi Assembly constituency

Morbi
Constituency No. 65 for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
District	Morbi
LS constituency	Kachchh
Established	2007
Total electors	286,905 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kantilal Shivlal Amrutiya
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2022

Morbi is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India. ^{[2] [3]} It is part of Morbi district. It is numbered as 65-Morbi.

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments ^[4]

1. Maliya-Miyana Taluka
2. Morbi Taluka (Part) Villages – Sokhda, Bahadurgadh, Nava Nagdavas, Piludi, Rapar, Aniyari, Jetpar, Vaghpar, Juna Nagdavas, Gungan, Gala, Sapar, Jasmatgadh, Chakampar, Zinkiyali, Jivapar Chakampar, Kerala, Haripar, Nava Sadulka, Ravapar Nadi, Juna Sadulka, Bela Rangpar, Rangpar, Sanala (Talaviya), Timbdi, Dharampur, Amreli, Mahendranagar, Madhapar, Bhadiyad, Morbi (M), Trajpar

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2007	Kantilal Amrutiya		Bharatiya Janata Party
2012
2017	Brijesh Merja		Indian National Congress
2020 (By election)			Bharatiya Janata Party
2022	Kantilal Shivlal Amrutiya [5]

Election results

2022

2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Morbi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Amrutiya Kantilal Shivlal Bharatiya	1,14,538	59.21	14.14
	INC	Patel Jayantilal Jerajbhai	52,459	27.12	14.71
	AAP	Pankaj Kantilal Ransariya	17,544	9.07	New
	Independent	Siraj Amirali Popatiya	2,244	1.16	−−−
	NOTA	None of the above	1,176	0.61	−−−
Majority			62,079	32.09
Turnout			1,93,450	67.4
	BJP hold		Swing

2020

A by-election was needed as the sitting MLA, Brijesh Merja, resigned from the assembly and his party. ^[6] He won the by-election as the candidate for the BJP. ^[7]

By-election, 2020: Morbi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Brijesh Merja	64,711	45.07	1.96
	INC	Jayantilan Jerajbhai Patel	60,062	41.83	9.14
Majority			4,649	3.24	1.53
Turnout			1,43,577	52.88	20.56
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2017

2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Morbi ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Brijesh Merja	89,396	50.97	4.67
	BJP	Kantilal Shivlal Amrutiya	85,977	47.03	0.98
Majority			3,419	1.71	−−−
Turnout			1,75,373	73.44	−−−
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2012

2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Morbi ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kantilal Amrutiya	77,386	48.01	−−−
	INC	Brijesh Merja	74,626	46.30	−−−
Majority			2,760	1.71	−−−
Turnout			1,61,183	73.44	−−−
	BJP hold		Swing

See also

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

References

1. "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 April 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. "2022 Gujrat Assembly Election Results - Morbi". www.results.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
6. "Third wicket down: Congress' Brijesh Merja resigns from his post ahead of RS polls in Gujarat" . Retrieved 7 May 2021.
7. India Today. "Gujarat Bypoll Results 2020: BJP wins all 8 seats, Congress turncoat bags Abdasa seat". Archived from the original on 5 October 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
8. "Gujarat Assembly Elections -2017" (PDF). Ceo.gujarat.gov.in.
9. "Gujarat Assembly Elections -2012" (PDF). Ceo.gujarat.gov.in. Retrieved 10 March 2015.

External links

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

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