2009 Indian general election in Gujarat explained

Election Name:	Indian general election in Gujarat, 2009
Country:	India
Type:	parliamentary
Previous Election:	Indian general election in Gujarat, 2004
Previous Year:	2004
Next Election:	Indian general election in Gujarat, 2014
Next Year:	2014
Election Date:	April–May 2009
Seats For Election:	26 seats
Turnout:	47.90%
Party1:	Bharatiya Janata Party
Alliance1:	National Democratic Alliance (India)
Last Election1:	14 seats, 47.37%
Seats1:	15
Pecentage1:	46.52%
Seat Change1:	1
Swing1:	0.75%
Party2:	Indian National Congress
Alliance2:	United Progressive Alliance
Last Election2:	12 seats, 43.86%
Seats2:	11
Pecentage2:	43.38%
Seat Change2:	1
Swing2:	0.78%
Map Size:	300px

In the 2009 Indian general election for Gujarat were held for 26 seats in the state. The major two contenders in the state were Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and the Indian National Congress (INC).

Voting and results

Source: Election Commission of India^[1]

Results by party

The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) won 15 seats and the Indian National Congress won 11 seats.

List of elected MPs

No	Constituency	Turnout%	Winning Candidate	Winning Party		Votes	Margin
1	Kachchh	42.55	Poonamben Veljibhai Jat	bgcolor=#FF9933		Bharatiya Janata Party	285,225	71,343
2	Banaskantha	49.83	Mukesh Gadhvi	bgcolor=#00bfff		Indian National Congress	289,409	10,154
3	Patan	44.67	Jagdish Thakor	bgcolor=#00bfff		Indian National Congress	283,772	18,054
4	Mahesana	49.74	Jayshreeben Patel	bgcolor=#FF9933		Bharatiya Janata Party	334,598	21,865
5	Sabarkantha	49.41	Mahendrasinh Chauhan	bgcolor=#FF9933		Bharatiya Janata Party	337,416	17,155
6	Gandhinagar	50.83	L.K.Advani	bgcolor=#FF9933		Bharatiya Janata Party	434,044	121,747
7	Ahmedabad East	42.35	Harin Pathak	bgcolor=#FF9933		Bharatiya Janata Party	318,846	86,056
8	Ahmedabad West	48.22	Kirit Premjibhai Solanki	bgcolor=#FF9933		Bharatiya Janata Party	376,823	91,127
9	Surendranagar	39.73	Somabhai Gandalal Koli Patel	bgcolor=#00bfff		Indian National Congress	247,705	4,831
10	Rajkot	44.64	Kunwarjibhai Mohanbhai Bavaliya	bgcolor=#00bfff		Indian National Congress	307,434	24,735
11	Porbandar	47.67	Vitthalbhai Hansrajbhai Radadiya	bgcolor=#00bfff		Indian National Congress	329,436	39,503
12	Jamnagar	45.79	Ahir Vikrambhai Arjanbhai Madam	bgcolor=#00bfff		Indian National Congress	281,403	26,418
13	Junagadh	57.88	Solanki Dinubhai Boghabhai	bgcolor=#FF9933		Bharatiya Janata Party	355,295	13,759
14	Amreli	39.97	Kachhadia Naranbhai	bgcolor=#FF9933		Bharatiya Janata Party	247,660	37,326
15	Bhavnagar	45.16	Rajendrasinh Ghanshyamsinh Rana	bgcolor=#FF9933		Bharatiya Janata Party	213,358	5,893
16	Anand	48.41	Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki	bgcolor=#00bfff		Indian National Congress	348,652	67,318
17	Kheda	41.60	Dinsha Patel	bgcolor=#00bfff		Indian National Congress	283,780	721
18	Panchmahal	42.65	Prabhatsinh Pratapsinh Chauhan	bgcolor=#FF9933		Bharatiya Janata Party	282,079	2,081
19	Dahod	44.73	Dr. Prabha Kishor Taviad	bgcolor=#00bfff		Indian National Congress	250,586	58,536
20	Vadodara	49.02	Balkrishna Khanderao Shukla	bgcolor=#FF9933		Bharatiya Janata Party	428,833	136,028
21	Chhota Udaipur	54.19	Rathwa Ramsingbhai Patalbhai	bgcolor=#FF9933		Bharatiya Janata Party	353,526	26,998
22	Bharuch	57.14	Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava	bgcolor=#FF9933		Bharatiya Janata Party	311,018	27,732
23	Bardoli	57.81	Tushar Amarsinh Chaudhary	bgcolor=#00bfff		Indian National Congress	398,323	58,878
24	Surat	49.01	Darshana Jardosh	bgcolor=#FF9933		Bharatiya Janata Party	364,947	74,798
25	Navsari	46.66	C. R. Patil	bgcolor=#FF9933		Bharatiya Janata Party	423,413	132,643
26	Valsad	56.11	Kishanbhai Vestabhai Patel	bgcolor=#00bfff		Indian National Congress	357,755	7,169

Notes and References

1. Web site: Election Commission of India . 2009-05-21 . 2009-05-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090521143146/http://eci.nic.in// . dead .