Surat Lok Sabha constituency

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Surat
Lok Sabha constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region Western India
State Gujarat
Assembly constituencies Olpad
Surat East
Surat North
Varachha Road
Karanj
Katargam
Surat West
Established1951
Total electors16,55,658 [1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Alliance National Democratic Alliance.svg   NDA
Elected year 2024
Preceded by Darshana Jardosh
  BJP

Surat Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Gujarat. Veteran BJP strongman Kashiram Rana has been an MP from this seat for 6 terms. Surat was also the constituency of the 7th Prime Minister of India Morarji Desai, who has been an MP for this constituency for 5 terms. Surat has elected BJP leaders as MP since 1989. In the 2024 election, the BJP candidate Mukesh Dalal won unopposed as the nominations of the Indian National Congress's candidate and their candidate were rejected and all other candidates withdrew. [2] [3]

Contents

Assembly segments

Constituency numberNameReserved for (SC/ST/None)DistrictMLAPartyParty leading
(in 2019)
155 Olpad None Surat Mukesh Patel BJP BJP
159 Surat East None Surat Arvind Rana BJP BJP
160 Surat North None Surat Kantibhai Balar BJP BJP
161 Varachha Road None Surat Kumar Kanani BJP BJP
162 Karanj None Surat Pravinbhai Goghari BJP BJP
166 Katargam None Surat Vinodbhai Moradiya BJP BJP
167 Surat West None Surat Purnesh Modi BJP BJP

Member of Parliament

YearNamePortraitPolitical party
1951 Kanayalal Desai Indian National Congress
1957 Morarji Desai Morarji Desai 1978.jpg
1962
1967
1971 Indian National Congress (O)
1977 Janata Party
1980C. D. Patel Indian National Congress
1984
1989 Kashiram Rana Kashiram Rana.jpg Bharatiya Janata Party
1991
1996
1998
1999
2004
2009 Darshana Jardosh The Minister of State for Textiles and Railways, Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh addressing at the 7th National Handloom Day, in New Delhi on August 07, 2021.jpg
2014
2019
2024 Mukesh Dalal

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Surat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Mukesh Dalal [4] [5] [6] Elected Unopposed N/A N/A
BJP hold Swing N/A

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Surat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Darshana Vikram Jardosh 795,651 74.47 −1.32
INC Ashok Patel (Adhevada)2,47,42123.16+3.62
NOTA None of the above 10,5320.99−0.16
Majority5,48,23051.31−4.94
Turnout 10,69,25364.58+0.68
BJP hold Swing -1.32

2014 general elections

2014 Indian general elections: Surat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Darshana Vikram Jardosh 7,18,41275.79+23.34
INC Naishadh Bhupatbhai Desai1,85,22219.54−22.16
AAP Mohanbhai B. Patel18,8771.99+1.99
BSP Omprakash Srivastav6,3460.67−0.03
IND. Mukesh Lavjibhai Ambaliya2,6950.28+0.28
NOTA None of the above 10,9361.15+1.15
Majority5,33,19056.25+45.50
Turnout 9,48,38363.90+14.93
BJP hold Swing +23.34

2009 general elections

2009 Indian general elections: Surat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Darshana Vikram Jardosh 3,64,94752.45
INC Dhirubhai Haribhai Gajera2,90,14941.70
MJP Fakirbhai Chauhan15,5192.23
BSP Ajaykumar Dineshbhai Patel4,8580.70
Independent Mohd. Aiyub Abdul Raheman Shaikh4,6780.67
Majority74,79810.75
Turnout 6,96,37249.01
BJP hold Swing

2004 general elections

2004 Indian general elections: Surat [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Kashiram Rana 5,08,00056.69
INC Chandravadan Chhotubhai Pithawala3,57,51339.89
Majority1,50,56316.80
BJP hold Swing

1999 general elections

Indian general elections, 1999: Surat [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Kashiram Rana 4,23,77368.82
INC Rupin Rameshchandra Pachchigar1,74,57628.35
Majority2,49,19740.47
BJP hold Swing

1998 general elections [7]

Indian general elections, 1998: Surat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Kashiram Rana 5,64,60165.16
INC Thakorbhai Naik2,60,57930.07
Majority3,04,02235.09
BJP hold Swing

1996 general elections [7]

Indian general elections, 1996: Surat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Kashiram Rana 3,76,93361.07
INC Manubhai Kotadia2,01,67232.68
Majority1,75,26128.39
BJP hold Swing

1991 general elections [7]

Indian general elections, 1991: Surat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Kashiram Rana 3,36,28556.24
INC Sahdev Bherabhai Chaudhary2,29,93138.46
Majority1,06,35417.78
BJP hold Swing

1989 general elections [7]

Indian general elections, 1989: Surat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Kashiram Rana 4,28,46562.75+18.52
INC C. D. Patel2,34,43434.33−19.38
Majority1,94,03128.42
BJP gain from INC Swing

1984 general elections [7]

Indian general elections, 1984: Surat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Chhaganbhai Devabhai Patel2,86,92853.71
BJP Kashiram Chhabildas Rana 2,36,25344.23
Majority50,6759.48
INC hold Swing

1980 general elections [7]

Indian general elections, 1980: Surat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC(I) C. D. Patel2,34,263
JP Asoka Mehta 2,07,602
Majority26,661
INC(I) gain from JP Swing

1977 general elections [7]

Indian general elections, 1977: Surat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JP Morarji Desai 2,06,20652.46
INC Jashvantsinh Chauhan1,84,74647.00
Majority21,4605.46
JP hold Swing

1971 general elections [7]

Indian general elections, 1971: Surat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC(O) Morarji Desai 1,70,321
INC Gordhandas Chokhawala1,38,797
Majority31,524
INC(O) gain from INC(I) Swing

1967 general elections [7]

Indian general elections, 1967: Surat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Morarji Desai 1,63,836
Independent Jashvantsinh Chauhan40,928
Majority1,22,908
INC hold Swing

1962 general elections [7]

Indian general elections, 1962: Surat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Morarji Desai 1,65,225
Independent Jashvantsinh Chauhan66,194
Majority99,031
INC hold Swing

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Surat Constituency". Indian Elections.
  2. ↑ "BJP's first win before polls, walkover in Surat. Here's what happened". India Today. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "BJP To Win Surat As Congress Candidate Disqualified, Independents Pull Out". NDTV.com. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "BJP candidate Mukesh Dalal elected unopposed from Surat Lok Sabha seat". The Hindu. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  5. ↑ "BJP's Mukesh Dalal wins Surat Lok Sabha seat unopposed before polls". India Today. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  6. ↑ "BJP candidate from Surat declared elected after all candidates in fray withdrew nominations". The Hindu Businessline. 22 April 2024.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Surat Election Result 2019 - Parliamentary Constituency Map and Winning MP". Maps of India.
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