Vejalpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Vejalpur is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.[2][3] It is part of Ahmedabad district and it came into existence after 2008 delimitation.

Vejalpur
Constituency of Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Incumbent MLAKishor Chauhan
Political PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2017
Constituency Details
StateGujarat
DistrictAhmedabad
Parliamentary ConstituencyGandhinagar
ReservationNone
Total Electors326,977[1]

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments,[4]

  1. Ahmedabad City Taluka (Part) Villages – Vastrapur, Maktampur, Gyaspur, Vejalpur (M), Makarba (CT), Sarkhej-Okaf (M), Jodhpur (M).

Member of Legislative Assembly
Year Member Political Party
2012 Kishor Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party
2017[1]

Election results

2017
Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Vejalpur[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Kishor Babulal Chauhan 117,748 53.43 -4.73
INC Mihirbhai Shah 95,181 43.19 +6.03
Majority 22,567 10.24 -10.76
Turnout 2,20,397 67.40 -3.98
BJP hold Swing

2012

[5]

2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Vejalpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Kishor Babulal Chauhan 1,13,507 58.16
INC Murjtujakhan Akbarkhan Pathan 72,522 37.16
Majority 40,985 21.00
Turnout 1,95,162 71.38
BJP win (new seat)

See also

References
  1. "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2017". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  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.
  5. http://ceo.gujarat.gov.in/download/Detail_Report_AC2012.pdf

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