Panchmahal is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian Parliament) constituencies in Gujarat, a state in western India. This constituency was created as a part of the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008.[1] It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Prabhatsinh Pratapsinh Chauhan of the Bharatiya Janata Party. As of the latest elections in 2024, Rajpalsinh Mahendrasinh Jadav represents this constituency.
| Panchmahal | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
 | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Western India |
| State | Gujarat |
| Assembly constituencies | Thasra Balasinor Lunawada Shehra Morva Hadaf Godhra Kalol |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 18,96,743 (2024) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Assembly segments
editAs of 2014, Panchmahal Lok Sabha constituency comprises seven Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:[1]
| Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) |
District | MLA | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119 | Thasra | None | Kheda | Kantibhai Parmar | INC |
| 121 | Balasinor | None | Mahisagar | Ajitsinh Dabhi | INC |
| 122 | Lunawada | None | Mahisagar | Jigneshbhai Sevak | BJP |
| 124 | Shehra | None | Panchmahal | Jethabhai Bharwad | BJP |
| 125 | Morva Hadaf | ST | Panchmahal | Nimishben Suthar | BJP |
| 126 | Godhra | None | Panchmahal | C. K. Raulji | BJP |
| 127 | Kalol | None | Panchmahal | Sumanben Chauhan | BJP |
Members of Parliament
edit| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Till 2008 : Constituency did not exist
| |||
| 2009 | Prabhatsinh Pratapsinh Chauhan | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2014 | |||
| 2019 | Ratansinh Rathod | ||
| 2024 | Rajpalsinh Mahendrasinh Jadav | ||
Election results
edit2024
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Rajpalsinh Mahendrasinh Jadav | 794,579 | 70.22 |  2.66
| |
| INC | Gulabsinh Somsinh Chauhan | 2,85,237 | 25.21 |  2.81
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 20,103 | 1.78 | 0.08
| |
| Independent | Hasmukhkumar Ganpatsinh Rathod | 10,399 | 0.92 | N/A | |
| Independent | Manojsinh Ranajitsinh Rathod | 4,013 | 0.35 | N/A | |
| Independent | Taslim Mohammedrafik Durvesh | 3,065 | 0.27 | N/A | |
| Independent | Pandor Kaushikkumar Shankarbhai | 2,507 | 0.22 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,09,342 | 45.01 | 5.48
| ||
| Turnout | 11,31,497 | 59.65 | 2.58
| ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2019
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ratansinh Rathod | 732,136 | 67.56 | +13.11 | |
| INC | Khant Vechatbhai Kuberbhai | 3,03,595 | 28.02 | −8.07 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 20,133 | 1.86 | −1.92 | |
| NCP | Virendra Parsottamdas Patel | 9,826 | 0.91 | +0.91 | |
| IND | Lalabhai Gadhvi | 9,212 | +0.85 | +0.85 | |
| Margin of victory | 4,28,541 | 39.53 | +21.25 | ||
| Turnout | 10,85,718 | 62.23 | +2.93 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
General election 2014
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Prabhatsinh Pratapsinh Chauhan | 508,274 | 54.45 | +7.95 | |
| INC | Ramsinh Parmar | 3,37,678 | 36.17 | −9.98 | |
| BSP | Ramchandra Giri | 15,956 | 1.71 | −0.04 | |
| Independent | Vankar Manilal Bhanabhai | 11,375 | 1.22 | N/A | |
| Independent | Mansuri Mukhatyar Mohammad | 10,857 | 1.16 | N/A | |
| AAP | Piyushkumar Dilipbhai Parmar | 6,935 | 0.74 | N/A | |
| Independent | Patel Pankajbhai Ravjibhai | 5,426 | 0.58 | N/A | |
| Independent | Chavada Harishchandrasinh Prabhatsinh | 3,751 | 0.40 | N/A | |
| Independent | S. N. Chavada | 2,401 | 0.26 | N/A | |
| SP | Shaikh Kalim Abdullatif | 1,993 | 0.21 | N/A | |
| Independent | Gora Shoeb Mohmadhanif | 1,497 | 0.16 | N/A | |
| JD(U) | Shaikh Majitmiya Jivamiya | 1,337 | 0.14 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 25,981 | 2.78 | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 1,70,596 | 18.28 | +17.93 | ||
| Turnout | 9,35,016 | 59.30 | +16.68 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
General election 2009
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Prabhatsinh Pratapsinh Chauhan | 282,079 | 46.50 | N/A | |
| INC | Shankersinh Vaghela | 2,79,998 | 46.15 | N/A | |
| LJP | Kalim Shaikh | 23,615 | 3.89 | N/A | |
| BSP | Barot Prakashkumar Maneklal | 10,637 | 1.75 | N/A | |
| ABMSD | Mansuri Mukhtyar Mohammad | 10,328 | 1.70 | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 2,081 | 0.35 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 6,07,005 | 42.65 | N/A | ||
| BJP win (new seat) | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 148.
- ^ Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Panchmahal". Archived from the original on 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ^ "Panchmahal". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014.
- ^ "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. pp. 44–45. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.