Somnath Assembly constituency

Somnath
Somnath
Constituency No. 90 for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
District	Gir Somnath
LS constituency	Junagadh
Established	1962
Total electors	263,176
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Vimal Chudasama
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2022

Somnath is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.^[2]^[3] It is part of Gir Somnath district.

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments,^[4] also this assembly has major city Somnath and 53 villages. Somnath is also in this assembly so this is important to win for all parties. Gir Somnath district's main capital is Somnath.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
2022	Vimal Chudasama	Indian National Congress
2017^[5]	Vimal Chudasama	Indian National Congress
2014^	Jasabhai Barad	Bharatiya Janata Party
2012	Jasabhai Barad	Indian National Congress
2007	Vira Jotava	Bharatiya Janata Party
2002	Jesabhai Bhanabhai Barad	Indian National Congress
1998	Chunilal Kanji Gohel	Bharatiya Janata Party
1995	Jashubhai Dhanabhai Barad	Indian National Congress
1990	Jashubhai Dhanabhai Barad	Janata Dal
1985	Baloch M. F.	Indian National Congress
1980	Rudabhai Devshi Vadher	Janata Party
1975	Shiekh Avashabegumsaheb Mohammed Ali	Indian National Congress
1972	Kesar Bhagvan Dodiya	Indian National Congress
1967	K. B. Dodiya	Swatantra Party
1962	Ramanlal Prabhudas Shah	Indian National Congress

^By poll

Election results

2022

Gujarat Assembly election, 2022: Somnath Assembly constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chudasama Vimalbhai Kanabhai	73,819	38.2	−15.01
	BJP	Mansinhbhai Meramanbhai Parmar	72,891	37.72	−4.03
	AAP	Jagmalbhai Jadavbhai Vala^[6]	33,235	17.2	New
	Independent	Ishwarlal Kanjibhai Soneri	7,381	3.82	New
	NOTA	None of the above	1,530	0.79	−1.37
Majority			922	0.1	−0.1
Turnout			1,93,263	60	−15.98
Registered electors			2,35,083	^[7]
	INC hold		Swing	-0.48

2017

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Somnath^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vimalbhai Chudasama	94,914	--	−−
	BJP	Jasabhai Barad	74,464	--	−−
Majority
Turnout			1,78,617	75.98
Registered electors			235,083	^[5]
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2014

By-election, 2014: Somnath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jasabhai Barad	86,640	52.60	+18.01
	INC	Dr. Nishant Chotai	60,671	37.01	+1.11
Majority			25,669	15.59	+14.26
Turnout			164,724	75.26	−1.48
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2012

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2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Somnath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Jasabhai Barad	56701	35.90
	BJP	Rajsibhai Jotva	54605	34.58
Majority			2096	1.33
Turnout			157925	76.74
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

References

^ "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
^ "Parliament / Assembly constituency wise PS & Electors Detail - Draft Roll - 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2017". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
^ "AAP releases list of 10 candidates for 2022 Gujarat assembly elections". Hindustan Times. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
^ "Gujarat Legislative Elections". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

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

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[election2022-1] "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

[gjceo-2] "Parliament / Assembly constituency wise PS & Electors Detail - Draft Roll - 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[3] "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.

[4] "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.

[election2017-5] "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2017". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2021.

[6] "AAP releases list of 10 candidates for 2022 Gujarat assembly elections". Hindustan Times. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.

[Gujarat_Elections_ECI-7] "Gujarat Legislative Elections". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

[8] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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