Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha constituency explained

Type:LS
Established:2008
Mp:Hasmukh Patel
Latest Election Year:2019
State:Gujarat
Electors:18,09,841[1]
Assembly Cons:Dahegam
Gandhinagar South
Vatva
Nikol
Naroda
Thakkarbapa Nagar
Bapunagar
Reservation:None

Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha constituency (Gujarati: અમદાવાદ પૂર્વ લોકસભા મતવિસ્તાર) is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian parliament) constituencies in Gujarat, a state in western India. This constituency was created as a part of the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008.[2] It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Harin Pathak of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The second elections which were held in 2014, film actor Paresh Rawal of the BJP represented this constituency. As of the 2019 elections, Hasmukh Patel of the BJP represents this constituency.[3]

Assembly segments

As of 2014, Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha constituency comprises seven Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:[2]

Constituency numberName Reserved for (SC/ST/None)DistrictMLAPartyParty Leading
(in 2019)
34NoneGandhinagarBalrajsinh ChauhanBJPBJP
35NoneGandhinagarAlpesh ThakorBJPBJP
43NoneAhmedabadBabusinh JadavBJPBJP
46NoneAhmedabadJagdish VishwakarmaBJPBJP
47NoneAhmedabadPayal KukraniBJPBJP
48NoneAhmedabadKanchanben RadadiyaBJPBJP
49NoneAhmedabadDineshsinh KushwahaBJPBJP
Five of its seven Vidhan Sabha segments: Gandhinagar South, Vatva, Nikol, Thakkarbapa Nagar, and Bapunagar were also created in 2008 as a part of the implementation of delimitation of legislative assembly constituencies. Naroda and Dehgam were earlier in former Ahmedabad and Kapadvanj constituencies respectively.[4]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2009Harin Pathak
2014Paresh Rawal
2019Hasmukh Patel
2024

Election results

General election 2009

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election – 2014. Election Commission of India. 31 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140702210941/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm. 2 July 2014.
  2. Web site: Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008. The Election Commission of India. 147. 12 December 2014. 5 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101005180821/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf. dead.
  3. News: It's too early to judge 'Achche din': Paresh Rawal. Daily News and Analysis. Deepak Rathi. 28 August 2014. 12 December 2014.
  4. Web site: BJP, Cong face diamond woes in East. 14 April 2009. Daily News and Analysis. 5 July 2009.