| Somnath | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 90 for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Western India |
| State | Gujarat |
| District | Gir Somnath |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Junagadh |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 263,176 [1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Somnath is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India. [2] [3] It is part of Gir Somnath district.
This assembly seat represents the following segments, [4] also this assembly has major city Somnath and 53 villages. Somnath is also in this assembly so this is important to win for all parties. Gir Somnath district's main capital is Somnath.
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Ramanlal Prabhudas Shah | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | K. B. Dodiya | Swatantra Party | |
| 1972 | Kesar Bhagvan Dodiya | Indian National Congress | |
| 1975 | Ayashabegun Mohmedali Sheikh | ||
| 1980 | Rudabhai Devshi Vadher | Janata Party | |
| 1985 | Baloch M. F. | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Ahir Jasabhai D. Barad | Janata Dal | |
| 1995 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1998 | Chunilal Kanji Gohel | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2002 | Ahir Jasabhai D. Barad | Indian National Congress | |
| 2007 | Ahir Rajsibhai Jotava | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2012 | Ahir Jasabhai D. Barad | Indian National Congress | |
| 2014^ | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2017 | Vimal Chudasama | Indian National Congress | |
| 2022 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Chudasama Vimalbhai Kanabhai | 73,819 | 38.2 | −15.01 | |
| BJP | Mansinhbhai Meramanbhai Parmar | 72,891 | 37.72 | −4.03 | |
| AAP | Jagmalbhai Jadavbhai Vala [5] | 33,235 | 17.2 | New | |
| Independent | Ishwarlal Kanjibhai Soneri | 7,381 | 3.82 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,530 | 0.79 | −1.37 | |
| Majority | 922 | 0.1 | −0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,93,263 | 60 | −15.98 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,35,083 | [6] | |||
| INC hold | Swing | -0.48 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Vimalbhai Chudasama | 94,914 | -- | −− | |
| BJP | Jasabhai Barad | 74,464 | -- | −− | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,78,617 | 75.98 | |||
| Registered electors | 235,083 | [7] | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Jasabhai Barad | 86,640 | 52.60 | +18.01 | |
| INC | Dr. Nishant Chotai | 60,671 | 37.01 | +1.11 | |
| Majority | 25,669 | 15.59 | +14.26 | ||
| Turnout | 164,724 | 75.26 | −1.48 | ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Jasabhai Barad | 56701 | 35.90 | ||
| BJP | Rajsibhai Jotva | 54605 | 34.58 | ||
| Majority | 2096 | 1.33 | |||
| Turnout | 157925 | 76.74 | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||