Maninagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Maninagar assembly constituency (મણીનગર વિધાનસભા બેઠક) is one of the 182 assembly constituency of Gujarat. It is located on Eastern side of city Ahmedabad. This constituency is a totally urban population.

List of segments

This assembly segment comprises the following wards of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. Ward No. 36 - Ward No. 36 - Ward No. 43 -

Total number of voters

Election Polling Stations Male Voters Female Voters Others Total Voters
2014 228 126749 116847 0 243596

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

 Ram Rajya Parishad    INC(I)    INC    BJP  

ElectionMemberParty
1975 Navin Chandra Barot Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
1980 Ramlal Ruplal Indian National Congress (Indira)
1985 Ramlal Ruplal Indian National Congress
1990 Kamlesh Patel Bharatiya Janata Party
1995 Kamlesh Patel Bharatiya Janata Party
1998 Kamlesh Patel Bharatiya Janata Party
2002 Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party
2007 Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party
2012 Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 By-election [1] Suresh Patel Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2014

By-election 2014: Maninagar[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sureshbhai Dhanjibhai Patel 67,689 77.17 +1.79
INC Jatin Vijay Jain (Kella) 18,037 20.56 -0.78
NOTA None of the Above 1,443 1.65 N/A
Majority 49,652 56.61 +2.57
Turnout 87,713 36.01 -34.77
BJP hold Swing +1.79

2012

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2012: Maninagar[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Narendra Modi 1,20,470 75.38 +5.85
INC Sweta Bhatt 34,097 21.34 -4.77
BSP Siddhant Yasvantray Kashyap 1,251 0.78 -1.19
Majority 86,373 54.04 +10.62
Turnout 1,59,807 70.78 +9.85
BJP hold Swing +5.85

2007

Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, 2007: Maninagar[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Narendra Modi 1,39,568 69.53 +19.34
INC Dinsha Patel 52,407 26.11 +1.43
BSP Renu Varunkumar Kavatra 3,955 1.97 +0.71
Majority 87,161 43.42
Turnout 2,00,725 60.93
BJP hold Swing

2002

Gujarat assembly elections, 2002: Maninagar[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Narendra Damodardas Modi 1,13,589 73.29 +12.15
INC Yatinbhai Narendrakumar Oza 38,256 24.68 -7.57
BSP Harishbhai Ramchandra Sharma 1,946 1.26 -0.21
Majority 75,333 48.61 +19.72
Turnout 1,54,981 50.19 +2.14
BJP hold Swing

Maninagar is a constituent in Gujarat Legislative Assembly. Narendra Modi who was also the Chief Minister of the State Government had represented this constituency as a Member of the Legislative Assembly till 21 May 2014, when he resigned as Gujarat CM for the position of Prime Minister of India and also resigned as Maninagar MLA. In the 2012 Gujarat legislative assembly elections, Modi won from this constituency with a majority of 86,373 votes over Sanjiv Bhatt's wife, Shweta, who was contesting for the Indian National Congress.[3]

References

  1. By-election due to resignation of Narendra Modi as Chief Minister of Gujarat and MLA, and election as Prime Minister of India
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  3. "Big win for Narendra Modi, defeats Shweta Bhatt by huge margin". NDTV. Press Trust of India. 20 December 2012.
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