Ahmedabad West Lok Sabha constituency explained

Ahmedabad West
Type:LS
State:Gujarat
Established:2008
Assembly Cons:Ellisbridge
Amraiwadi
Dariapur
Jamalpur-Khadiya
Maninagar
Danilimda
Asarwa
Reservation:SC
Mp:Dinesh Makwana
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Latest Election Year:2024
Electors:16,78,710[1]

Ahmedabad West (Gujarati: અમદાવાદ પશ્ચિમ) 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. This seat is reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC).[2] It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Kirit Premjibhai Solanki of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Assembly segments

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

Constituency numberName Reserved for (SC/ST/None)DistrictMLAPartyParty Leading
(in 2024)
44NoneAhmedabadAmit ShahBJPBJP
50NoneAhmedabadHasmukh PatelBJPBJP
51NoneAhmedabadKaushik JainBJPINC
52Jamalpur-KhadiyaNoneAhmedabadImran KhedawalaINCINC
53NoneAhmedabadAmul BhattBJPBJP
54SCAhmedabadShailesh ParmarINCINC
56SCAhmedabadDarshana VaghelaBJPBJP

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2009Kiritbhai Solanki
2014
2019
2024Dineshbhai Makwana[3]

Election results

2009

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. https://ceo.gujarat.gov.in/PCDetails.aspx Electorate Details: Ahmedabad West
  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. https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S068.htm