Gandhinagar North Assembly constituency
Legislative Assembly constituency in Gujarat State, India
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Gandhinagar North is one of the 183 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.[2][3] It is part of Gandhinagar district. The seat came into existence after 2008 delimitation after division of erstwhile Gandhinagar seat and was numbered as 36-Gandhinagar North. It is one of the seven assembly seats which make up Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat.
| Gandhinagar North | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 36 for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Western India |
| State | Gujarat |
| District | Gandhinagar |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Gandhinagar |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 254,109[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Ritaben Ketankumar Patel | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
List of segments
This assembly seat represents the following segments,[4]
- Gandhinagar Taluka (Part) Villages – Rupal, Vasan, Unava, Pindharada, Piplaj, Randheja, Sonipur, Sardhav, Jalund, Adraj Moti, Kolavada, Pethapur, Vavol, Gandhinagar (NAC).
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Until 2008: Seat did not exist | |||
| 2012 | Ashok Patel | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2017 | C. J. Chavda[5] | Indian National Congress | |
| 2022 | Ritaben Patel | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ritaben Patel | 80,623 | 51.25 | ||
| INC | Virendrasinh Vaghela | 54,512 | 34.65 | ||
| AAP | Mukesh Patel | 16,620 | 10.56 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,613 | 1.66 | ||
| Majority | 26,111 | 16.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 253,688 | [6] | |||
2017
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ashokkumar Patel | 73,551 | 49.09 | ||
| INC | Sureshkumar Patel | 69,326 | 46.27 | ||
| IND | Vipulchandra Mansukhbhai Muchhadiya | 2,236 | |||
| Majority | 4,225 | 2.82 | |||
| Turnout | 1,49,822 | 73.47 | |||
| BJP win (new seat) | |||||