Vejalpur Assembly constituency
Vejalpur | |
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Constituency No. 42 for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | Western India |
State | Gujarat |
District | Ahmedabad |
LS constituency | Gandhinagar |
Total electors | 388,893 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent Amit Thaker
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Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Elected year | 2022 |
Vejalpur is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India. It is part of Ahmedabad district and it came into existence after 2008 delimitation.
List of segments
This assembly seat represents the following segments,
- Ahmedabad City Taluka (Part) Villages – Vastrapur, Maktampur, Gyaspur, Vejalpur (M), Makarba (CT), Sarkhej-Okaf (M), Jodhpur (M).
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Year | Member | Political Party | |
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2012 | Kishor Chauhan | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2017 | |||
2022 | Amit Thaker |
Election results
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Amit Thaker | 128,049 | 56.18 | +2.75 | |
INC | Rajendra Patel (Rajubhai Makarba) | 68398 | 30.01 | -13.18 | |
AAP | Kalpesh Patel (Bholabhai) | 22194 | 9.74 | New | |
AIMIM | Zainab Shaikh | 2313 | 1.01 | ||
RRP | Parthiv Vijaykumar Dave | 132 | 0.06 | New | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 2890 | 1.27 | ||
Majority | 26.17 | ||||
Turnout | 227943 | ||||
Registered electors | 380,533 | ||||
BJP hold | Swing |
2017
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Kishor Babulal Chauhan | 117,748 | 53.43 | -4.73 | |
INC | Mihirbhai Shah | 95,181 | 43.19 | +6.03 | |
Majority | 22,567 | 10.24 | -10.76 | ||
Turnout | 2,20,397 | 67.40 | -3.98 | ||
Registered electors | 326,977 | ||||
BJP hold | Swing |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Kishor Babulal Chauhan | 1,13,507 | 58.16 | ||
INC | Murjtujakhan Akbarkhan Pathan | 72,522 | 37.16 | ||
Majority | 40,985 | 21.00 | |||
Turnout | 1,95,162 | 71.38 | |||
BJP win (new seat) |