Morbi | |
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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 | |
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.
This assembly seat represents the following segments[4]
Election | Member | Party | |
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2007 | Kantilal Amrutiya | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2012 | |||
2017 | Brijesh Merja | Indian National Congress | |
2020 (By election) | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
2022 | Kantilal Shivlal Amrutiya[5] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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 |