Sarkhej | |
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Former constituency for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | Western India |
State | Gujarat |
District | Ahmedabad |
LS constituency | Gandhinagar |
Established | 1975 |
Abolished | 2008 |
Total electors | 1,025,615 (in 2007)[1] |
Reservation | None |
Sarkhej was one of the 182 assembly seats of Gujarat's Vidhan Sabha (Gujarat Legislative Assembly), from 1975[2] until 2012. It was a largely urban seat representing there 1⁄15 of Ahmedabad. Its abolition, along with others and new replacement seats were drawn up in 2008, in readiness for the next election which proved to be in 2012.
Year | Member | Party | ||
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1975 | Bhavansinh Chauhan | Bharatiya Jan Sangh | ||
1980 | Harishankar Pandya | Indian National Congress (I) | ||
1985 | Nalin K. Patel | Indian National Congress | ||
1990 | Harishchandra Patel | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
1995 | ||||
1997[a] | Amit Shah | |||
1998 | ||||
2002 | ||||
2007[1] | ||||
2012 | Seat abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Amit Anilchandra Shah | 407,659 | 68.00 | ||
INC | Shashikant V. Patel | 1,71,836 | 28.66 | ||
IND. | Syed Inayathusen Kurmullamirya | 8,693 | 1.45 | ||
BSP | Sureshchandra Bahecharlal Dave | 4,923 | 0.82 | ||
IND. | Prakash Narayanbhai Kumavat | 2,753 | 0.46 | ||
Majority | 2,35,823 | 39.34 | |||
Turnout | 5,99,456 | 58.45 | |||
BJP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Amit Anilchandra Shah | 288,327 | 66.97 | ||
INC | Himanshu Patel | 1,30,291 | 30.26 | ||
Majority | 1,58,036 | 36.71 | |||
Turnout | 4,30,492 | 51.31 | |||
BJP hold | Swing |