Sarkhej (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Sarkhej (सरखेज) Vidhan Sabha Constituency was one of the 182 assembly seats of Gujarat's Vidhan Sabha, in English the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, from 1975 until 2012. It was a largely urban seat representing there 1⁄15 of Ahmedabad. Its abolition, along with others and new replacement seats were drawn up in 2008, in readiness for the next election which proved to be in 2012.
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Political Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Bhavansinh Chauhan | Bharatiya Jan Sangh | |
| 1980 | Harishankar Pandya | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1985 | Nalin K. Patel | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Harishchandra Patel | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1995 | Harishchandra Patel | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1997 (By Poll) | Amit Shah | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1998 | Amit Shah | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2002 | Amit Shah | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2007 | Amit Shah | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2012: Seat abolished | |||
Election results
2007 Vidhan Sabha
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Amit Anilchandra Shah[1] | 4,07,659 (*) | 68.00 | ||
| INC | Shashikant V. Patel | 1,71,836 | 28.66 | ||
| IND. | Syed Inayathusen Kurmullamirya | 8,693 | 1.45 | ||
| BSP | Sureshchandra Bahecharlal Dave | 4,923 | 0.82 | ||
| IND. | Prakash Narayanbhai Kumavat | 2,753 | 0.46 | ||
| Majority | 2,35,823 | 39.34 | |||
| Turnout | 5,99,456 | 58.45 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2002 Vidhan Sabha
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Amit Anilchandra Shah[2] | 2,88,327 (***) | |||
| INC | Himanshu Patel | 1,30,291 | |||
- While Indian government's sites support these figures, they are almost certainly misprints. A vidhan Sabha constituency just does not have so many voters that the winner would poll 4 lakhs or even 2 lakhs votes. Lok Sabha elections tend to produce such figures.
References
- "Gujarat Assembly Election Results in 2007". elections.in. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
- "Gujarat Assembly Election Results in 2002". elections.in. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
- "Sarkhej Vidhan sabha assembly election results in Gujarat". Elections.traceall.in. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
- "Sarkhej Assembly Election 2002, Gujarat". Empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
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