Vijapur Assembly constituency

Legislative Assembly constituency in Gujarat State, India

Vijapur
Constituency No. 26 for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
District	Mahesana
LS constituency	Mahesana
Established	1951
Total electors	224,589^[2]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vacant^[1]
Party	TBA

Vijapur is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.^[3]^[4] It is part of Mahesana district. It is numbered as 26-Vijapur.

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments,^[5]

Vijapur Taluka

Members of Vidhan Sabha

1951 Vijapur North (Bombay State) - Patel Kacharabhai Kanjidas, Indian National Congress
1951 Vijapur South (Bombay State) - Patel Mansingh Pruthviraj, Indian National Congress
1957 Vijapur North (Bombay State) - Gangaram Chunilal Raval, Independent
1957 Vijapur South (Bombay State) - Patel Bechardas Hargovandas, Independent
1962 - Gangaram Chunilal Raval, Indian National Congress
1967 - Gangaram Chunilal Raval, Indian National Congress
1972 - Gangaram Chunilal Raval, Indian National Congress
1975 - A. K. Patel, Independent^[6]
1980 - A. K. Patel, Bharatiya Janata Party
1985 - Nareshkumar Raval, Indian National Congress
1990 - Nareshkumar Raval, Indian National Congress
1995 - Atmaram Maganbhai Patel, Bharatiya Janata Party
1998 - Nareshkumar Raval, Indian National Congress
2002 - Kanti Patel, Bharatiya Janata Party
2007 - Kanti Patel, Bharatiya Janata Party
2012 - Prahladbhai Patel, Indian National Congress

Year	Member	Picture	Party
2017	Ramanbhai Dhulabhai Patel^[7]			Bharatiya Janata Party
2022	Dr. C. J. Chavda			Indian National Congress

Election results

2024 by-election

Gujarat Legislative Assembly by-election, 2024: Vijapur
Party		Candidate	Votes
	INC
	BJP	C. J. Chavda
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

2022

2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Vijapur^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	C. J. Chavda	78749	49.52
	BJP	Ramanbhai Dhulabhai Patel	71696	45.08
	AAP	Chiragbhai Patel^[8]	5019	3.16
	NOTA	None of the above	2059	1.29
Majority				4.44
Turnout
Registered electors			224,700	^[9]
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2017 Vidhan Sabha Election

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Vijapur^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Ramanbhai Dhulabhai Patel	72,326	47.80
	INC	Nathabhai Patel	71,162	47.03
	IND	Upendrasinh Vihol	1,555	1.03
Majority			1,264	0.77
Turnout			1,51,302	72.12
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2012 Vidhan Sabha Election

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Prahladbhai Patel	70729	49.21
	BJP	Kantilal Patel	61970	43.12
Majority			8759	6.09
Turnout			143715	75.85
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

1975 Vidhan Sabha Election

A. K. Patel (IND): 26,826 votes
Atmaram Maganbhai Patel (KLP): 17,234 votes

References

^ "Gujarat Congress MLA C J Chavda resigns, likely to join BJP". The Indian Express. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "Gujarat Assembly Election Results in 1975".
^ ^a ^b "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2017". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
^ "AAP's 6th List For Gujarat Polls Out, 73 Names Out Of 182 Seats Revealed". NDTV.com. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
^ "Gujarat Legislative Elections". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.