Sarkhej Assembly constituency

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.

Sarkhej
Former constituency for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
RegionWestern India
StateGujarat
DistrictAhmedabad
LS ConstituencyGandhinagar
Established1975
Abolished2008
Total electors1,025,615 (in 2007)[1]
ReservationNone

Members of Legislative Assembly

Sources:[3] [4]

Year Member Party
1975Bhavansinh Chauhan Bharatiya Jan Sangh
1980Harishankar Pandya Indian National Congress (I)
1985Nalin K. Patel Indian National Congress
1990Harishchandra Patel Bharatiya Janata Party
1995
1997[lower-alpha 1] Amit Shah
1998
2002
2007[1]
2012 Seat abolished
  1. By Poll

Election results

2007
2007 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Sarkhej[1][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

2002
2002 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Sarkhej[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

See also

References
  1. "Gujarat Assembly Election Results in 2007". elections.in. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  2. "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976". Election Commission of India. 1 December 1976. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. "Sarkhej Vidhan sabha assembly election results in Gujarat". Elections.traceall.in. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  4. "Sarkhej Assembly Election 2002, Gujarat". Empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  5. "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2007". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  6. "Gujarat Assembly Election Results in 2002". elections.in. Retrieved 2020-06-18.

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