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