Gandhidham (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Gandhidham
Gandhidham
Constituency for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Gujarat
District	Kachchh
LS constituency	Kachchh
Total electors	277,717[1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Maheshwari Malti Kishor
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2017

Gandhidham is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.[2][3] It is part of Kachchh district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and was created after the 2008 delimitation.

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments,[4]

Gandhidham Taluka
Bhachau Taluka (Part) Villages – Kadol, Manfara, Vamka, May, Kharoi, Ner, Baniari, Morgar, Amardi, Kabrau, Kumbhardi, Bandhadi, Sikara, Meghpar (Kunjisar), Karmariya, Vondhada, Halra, Rampar, Lakhpat, Vijpasar, Vondh, Chopadva, Lunva, Sukhpar, Bhujpar, Chirai Nani, Chirai Moti, Chhadavada, Samakhiari, Piprapati, Bhachau (M).
Anjar Taluka (Part) Village – Varsana.

Year	Member	Party
2012	Ramesh Maheshwari		Bharatiya Janata Party
2017	Malti Maheshwari		Bharatiya Janata Party

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Gandhidham[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Malti Maheshwari	800,000	52.63	-0.11
	INC	Kishor Pingol	59,443	39.25	+1.91
Majority			20,270	13.38	-2.02
Turnout			1,51,448	54.53	-6.78
	BJP hold		Swing

2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Gandhidham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Ramesh Maheshwari	72,988	52.74
	INC	Jayashreeben Chavada	51,675	37.34
	BSP	Kishor Kanjibhai Kochra	4,786	3.46
Majority			21,313	15.40
Turnout			1,38,389	61.31
	BJP win (new seat)

"Gujarat General Legislative Election 2017". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
"Parliament / Assembly Constituency wise PS & Electors Detail - Draft Roll - 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
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"Gujarat: Order No. 33: Table-A: Assembly Constituency and Their Extent" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Delimitation Commission of India. 12 December 2006. pp. 2–31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2017.

"Results of Gujarat Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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