Wadhwan Assembly constituency

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

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Wadhwan

| mla = Jagdishbhai Prabhubhai Makwana

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| latest_election_year = 2022

| state = Gujarat

| district = Surendranagar

| loksabha_cons = Surendranagar

| established = 1972

| electors = {{formatnum:300511}}{{update after|2028|2}}

| type = SLA

| reservation = None

| constituency_no = 62

}}

Wadhwan 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 Surendranagar district.

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments{{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=|access-date=12 February 2017}}

  1. Wadhwan Taluka

Members of Legislative Assembly

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

!Member

!Picture

!colspan="2"|Party

2002

| Dhanrajbhai Kela

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party| rowspan=5 }}
2007

| rowspan="2" | Varsa Doshi

rowspan="2" |
2012
2017

| Dhanji Patel

2022

| Jagdish Prabhubhai Makwana{{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}}

Election results

=2022=

{{Election box begin | title=2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Wadhwan}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|candidate = Jagdish Makwana

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 1,05,903

|percentage = 60.11

|change = +8.16

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Bajrang Patel|party=Aam Aadmi Party|votes=40,414|percentage=22.94|change=New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Tarun Gadhvi|party=Indian National Congress|votes=22,385|percentage=12.71|change=-27.92}}

{{Election box majority||votes=|percentage=37.17|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,76,168|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|loser = Indian National Congress

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2017=

{{Election box begin | title=2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Wadhwan{{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}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|candidate = Dhanjibhai Patel (Makson)

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 89,595

|percentage = 51.95

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Mohanbhai Dahyabhai Patel

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 70,071

|percentage = 40.63

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|candidate = Charulata Vasani

|party = IND

|votes = 2,682

|percentage = 1.56

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 19,524

|percentage = 11.32

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,72,450

|percentage = 64.07

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|loser =

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2012=

{{Election box begin | title=Gujarat Assembly Election, 2012}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Varshaben Doshi

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 83,049

|percentage = 51.39

|change = +10.75

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Himanshu Vyas

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 65,491

|percentage = 40.52

|change = +5.79

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 17,558

|percentage = 10.87

|change = +4.96

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,61,631

|percentage = 69.96

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|loser = Indian National Congress

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2007=

{{Election box begin | title=Gujarat Assembly Election, 2007}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Varshaben Doshi

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 47,466

|percentage = 40.64

|change = -10.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Himanshu Vyas

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 40,564

|percentage = 34.73

|change = -1.28

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|candidate = Dhanrajbhai Kela

|party = Independent

|votes = 23,261

|percentage = 19.92

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 6,902

|percentage = 5.91

|change = -9.42

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,16,786

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|loser = Indian National Congress

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2002=

{{Election box begin | title=Gujarat Assembly Election, 2002}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Dhanrajbhai Kela

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 59,446

|percentage = 51.34

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Ranjitsinh Jilubha Zala

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 41,702

|percentage = 36.01

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|candidate = Gangarambhai Sankaliya

|party = Independent

|votes = 7,302

|percentage = 6.31

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 17,742

|percentage = 15.33

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,15,794

|percentage = 60.93

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|loser = Indian National Congress

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

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