Kachchh (Lok Sabha constituency)

Kachchh Lok Sabha constituency (formerly Kutch Lok Sabha constituency) (Gujarati: કચ્છ લોકસભા મતવિસ્તાર) is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Gujarat state in western India.

Assembly segments

Presently, Kachchh Lok Sabha constituency comprises seven assembly segments. These are:[1]

Assembly Segment NoName of Assembly SeatReserved for
1 AbdasaNone
2 MandviNone
3 Bhuj None
4 Anjar None
5 Gandhidham SC
6 Rapar None
65 Morbi None

Members of Parliament

Key

  Swatantra Party     INC     Janata Party     INC(I)     BJP  

ElectionMemberParty
1952 ( Kutch East Seat ) Gulabshankar Amritlal Dholakia Indian National Congress [2]
1952 ( Kutch West Seat ) Bhawanji Arjan Khimji Indian National Congress
1957 Bhawanji Arjan Khimji Indian National Congress
1962 Himmatsinghji Swatantra Party
1967 Tulsidas M Sheth Indian National Congress
1971 Mahipatrai Mehta Indian National Congress
1977 Anant Dave Janata Party
1980 Mahipatrai Mehta Indian National Congress (Indira)
1984 Usha Thakkar Indian National Congress
1989 Babubhai Shah Bharatiya Janata Party
1991 Harilal Nanji Patel Indian National Congress
1996 Pushpdan Gadhavi Bharatiya Janata Party
1998 Pushpdan Gadhavi Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 Pushpdan Gadhavi Bharatiya Janata Party
2004 Pushpdan Gadhavi Bharatiya Janata Party
2009 Poonamben Jat Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 Vinod Chavda Bharatiya Janata Party

General Elections 2004

[3]

Indian general elections, 2004: Kachchh
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Pushpdan Gadhavi 221,057 48.15
INC Shailendrasinh Jadeja 192,067 41.84
Independent Dhanraj Sheda 20,334 4.42
Majority 28,990 6.32
Turnout 459,043 45.60
BJP hold Swing


General Elections 2009

[4]

Indian general elections, 2009: Kachchh[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Poonamben Veljibhai Jat 285,225 50.58
INC Valjibhai Danicha 213,921 37.94
Independent Hiraben Vanzara 15,881 2.82
Majority 71,343 12.64
Turnout 564,008 42.54
BJP hold Swing

General Election 2014

Indian general elections, 2014: Kachchh[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Vinod Lakhamashi Chavda 5,62,855 59.40 +8.82
INC Dr. Dineshbhai Parmar 3,08,373 32.55 -5.39
BSP Kamalbhai Matang 21,230 2.24 +0.55
BMP Hirji Punjabhai Siju 21,106 2.23
AAP Govindbhai Punamchand Danicha 15,797 1.67
NOTA None of the Above 16,879 1.78 ---
Majority 2,54,482 26.85 +14.21
Turnout 9,46,240 61.69 +16.96
BJP hold Swing +6.23

[5]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Parliament Constituency wise Electors Detail, Polling Stations & EPIC - Loksabha Election 2009" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Gujarat website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-16.
  2. ↑ "First Lok Sabha State wise Details Kutch". Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-18. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-11. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
  5. 1 2 3 CEO Gujarat. Contesting Candidates LS2014
  6. 1 2 "Constituencywise-All Candidates". ECI.

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