Dangs Assembly constituency

{{short description|Legislative Assembly constituency in Gujarat State, India}}

{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Dang

| state = Gujarat

| district = Dang

| loksabha_cons = Valsad

| established = 2007

| reservation = ST

| type= SLA

| constituency_no = 173

| mla = Vijaybhai Rameshbhai Patel

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| latest_election_year = 2022

| electors = {{formatnum:193369}}{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14750-gujarat-general-legislative-election-2022/ |title=Gujarat General Legislative Election 2022 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date= 18 April 2023}}{{update after|2028|2}}

}}

Dang is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125011107/http://ceo.gujarat.gov.in/download/PCAC.pdf |url=http://ceo.gujarat.gov.in/download/PCAC.pdf |archive-date=25 January 2014 |title=Parliament / Assembly constituency wise PS & Electors Detail - Draft Roll - 2014 |access-date= 1 June 2021|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Gujarat/gujarat.pdf |title=Gujarat: Order No. 33: Table-A: Assembly constituency and Their Extent |date=12 December 2006 |website=Election Commission of India |publisher=Delimitation Commission of India |pages=2–31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305015941/http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Gujarat/gujarat.pdf |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=12 February 2017 }} It is part of Dang district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments,

  1. Dang District entirely (Waghai, Ahwa and Subir Taluka)

Members of the Legislative Assembly

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

!Member

!colspan=2|Party

2007

|Vijaybhai Patel

|

|Bharatiya Janata Party

2012

|Mangalbhai Gavit

|

|Indian National Congress

2017

|Mangalbhai Gavit

|

|Indian National Congress

2020 by election

| rowspan="2" | Vijaybhai Rameshbai Patel

| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party | rowspan=2}}

2022

Election candidate

= 2022 =

{{Election box begin|

|title=Gujarat Assembly election, 2022:Dangs Assembly constituency }}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Vijaybhai Patel|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=62533|percentage=47.54|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Patel Mukeshbhai Chandarbhai|party=Indian National Congress|votes=42859|percentage=32.58|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Sunil Gamit{{cite news |title=AAP's 6th List For Gujarat Polls Out, 73 Names Out Of 182 Seats Revealed |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/aaps-6th-list-for-gujarat-polls-out-73-names-out-of-182-seats-revealed-3450225 |access-date=21 October 2022 |work=NDTV.com |date=21 October 2022}}|party=Aam Aadmi Party|votes=20822|percentage=15.83|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=None of the above|party=None of the above|votes=1910|percentage=1.45|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=19,674|percentage=14.96|change=}}

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{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = {{formatnum:188585}}

|ref={{cite web |title=Gujarat Legislative Elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/72-gujarat/ |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 May 2022}}

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{{Election box end}}

Election results

= 2020 by-poll =

{{Election box begin | title=By-election, 2020: Dangs{{cite news|last1=India Today|title=Gujarat Bypoll Results 2020: BJP wins all 8 seats, Congress turncoat bags Abdasa seat|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/gujarat-bypoll-results-live-updates-news-bjp-congress-byelection-1739605-2020-11-10|accessdate=5 October 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005140700/https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/gujarat-bypoll-results-live-updates-news-bjp-congress-byelection-1739605-2020-11-10|archivedate=5 October 2023|language=en}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|candidate = Vijaybhai Rameshbai Patel

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 94,006

|percentage = 69.56

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Suryakantbhai Ratanbhai Gavit|party=Indian National Congress|votes=33,911|percentage=25.09|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=None of the Above|party=None of the Above|votes=2,939|percentage=2.17|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=60,095|percentage=44.47|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,35,148|percentage=75.83|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|loser = Indian National Congress

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2017=

{{Election box begin | title=2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Dangs{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3841-gujarat-general-legislative-election-2017/ |title=Gujarat General Legislative Election 2017 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=11 July 2021 |archive-date=13 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713055624/https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3841-gujarat-general-legislative-election-2017/ |url-status=live }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|candidate = Mangalbhai Gavit

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 57,820

|percentage = 47.13

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Vijaybhai Patel|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=57,052|percentage=46.51|change=}}

{{Election box candidate|

|candidate = Dinesbhai Pawar

|party = IND

|votes = 3,035

|percentage = 2.47

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority||votes=768|percentage=0.62|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,22,672|percentage=73.70|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Indian National Congress

|loser =

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2012=

{{Election box begin | title=2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Dangs{{Cite web |url=http://ceo.gujarat.gov.in/download/Detail_Report_AC2012.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=29 October 2014 |archive-date=26 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126215052/http://ceo.gujarat.gov.in/download/Detail_Report_AC2012.pdf |url-status=dead }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|candidate = Mangalbhai Gavit

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 45,637

|percentage = 45.29

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Vijaybhai Patel|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=43,215|percentage=42.88|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=2,422|percentage=2.40|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,00,773|percentage=69.79|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Indian National Congress

|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

References

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