Surat (Lok Sabha constituency)

Surat Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Gujarat. Veteran BJP strongman Kashiram Rana has been an MP from this seat for 6 terms. Surat was also the constituency of the 7th Prime Minister of India Morarji Desai, who has been an MP for this constituency for 5 terms. Surat has elected BJP leaders as MP since 1989 with overwhelming margins.

Surat
Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Darshana Jardosh
Parliamentary Party	BJP
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1951-present
Reservation	None
State	Gujarat
Total Electors	16,55,658[1]
Assembly Constituencies	Olpad Surat East Surat North Varachha Road Karanj Katargam Surat West

Assembly Segments

Assembly Segment No	Name of Assembly Seat	Reserved for
155	Olpad	None
159	Surat East	None
160	Surat North	None
161	Varachha Marg	None
162	Karanj	None
166	Katargam	None
167	Surat West	None

Member of Parliament

Name		Portrait	Election Year	Political party
	Kanayalal Desai		1951	Indian National Congress
	Morarji Desai		1957
			1962
			1967
			1971	Indian National Congress (Organization)
			1977	Bharatiya Lok Dal
	C. D. Patel		1980	Indian National Congress (Indira)
			1984
	Kashiram Rana		1989	Bharatiya Janata Party
			1991
			1996
			1998
			1999
			2004
	Darshana Jardosh		2009
			2014
			2019

Election Results

2019 General Elections

2019 Indian general elections: Surat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Darshana Vikram Jardosh	7,95,651	74.47	-1.32
	INC	Ashok Patel (Adhevada)	2,47,421	23.16	+3.62
	NOTA	None of the above	10,532	0.99	-0.16
Majority			5,48,230	51.31	-4.94
Turnout			10,69,253	64.58	+0.68
	BJP hold		Swing	-1.32

2014 General Elections

2014 Indian general elections: Surat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Darshana Vikram Jardosh	7,18,412	75.79	+23.34
	INC	Naishadh Bhupatbhai Desai	1,85,222	19.54	-22.16
	AAP	Mohanbhai B. Patel	18,877	1.99	+1.99
	BSP	Omprakash Srivastav	6,346	0.67	-0.03
	IND.	Mukesh Lavjibhai Ambaliya	2,695	0.28	+0.28
	NOTA	None of the above	10,936	1.15	+1.15
Majority			5,33,190	56.25	+45.50
Turnout			9,48,383	63.90	+14.93
	BJP hold		Swing	+23.34

2009 General Elections

2009 Indian general elections: Surat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Darshana Vikram Jardosh	3,64,947	52.45
	INC	Dhirubhai Haribhai Gajera	2,90,149	41.70
	MJP	Fakirbhai Chauhan	15,519	2.23
	BSP	Ajaykumar Dineshbhai Patel	4,858	0.70
	Independent	Mohd. Aiyub Abdul Raheman Shaikh	4,678	0.67
Majority			74,798	10.75
Turnout			6,95,796	48.97
	BJP hold		Swing

2004 General Elections

2004 Indian general elections: Surat[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kashiram Rana	5,08,076	56.69
	INC	Chandravadan Chhotubhai Pithawala	3,57,513	39.89
Majority			1,50,563	16.80
	BJP hold		Swing

1999 General Elections

Indian general elections, 1999: Surat[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kashiram Rana	4,23,773	68.82
	INC	Rupin Rameshchandra Pachchigar	1,74,576	28.35
Majority			2,49,197	40.47
	BJP hold		Swing

1998 General Elections[2]

Indian general elections, 1998: Surat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kashiram Rana	5,64,601	65.16
	INC	Thakorbhai Naik	2,60,579	30.07
Majority			3,04,022	35.09
	BJP hold		Swing

1996 General Elections[2]

Indian general elections, 1996: Surat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kashiram Rana	3,76,933	61.07
	INC	Manubhai Kotadia	2,01,672	32.68
Majority			1,75,261	28.39
	BJP hold		Swing

1991 General Elections[2]

Indian general elections, 1991: Surat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kashiram Rana	3,36,285	56.24
	INC	Sahdev Bherabhai Chaudhary	2,29,931	38.46
Majority			1,06,354	17.78
	BJP hold		Swing

1989 General Elections[2]

Indian general elections, 1989: Surat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kashiram Rana	4,28,465	62.75	+18.52
	INC	C. D. Patel	2,34,434	34.33	-19.38
Majority			1,94,031	28.42
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

1984 General Elections[2]

Indian general elections, 1984: Surat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chhaganbhai Devabhai Patel	2,86,928	53.71
	BJP	Kashiram Chhabildas Rana	2,36,253	44.23
Majority			50,675	9.48
	INC hold		Swing

1980 General Elections[2]

Indian general elections, 1980: Surat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	C. D. Patel	2,34,263
	JP	Ashok Mehta	2,07,602
Majority			26,661
	INC(I) gain from JP		Swing

1977 General Elections[2]

Indian general elections, 1977: Surat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Morarji Desai	2,06,206	52.46
	INC	Jashvantsinh Chauhan	1,84,746	47.00
Majority			21,460	5.46
	JP hold		Swing

1971 General Elections[2]

Indian general elections, 1971: Surat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC (O)	Morarji Desai	1,70,321
	INC	Gordhandas Chokhawala	1,38,797
Majority			31,524
	INC (O) gain from INC(I)		Swing

1967 General Elections[2]

Indian general elections, 1967: Surat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Morarji Desai	1,63,836
	Independent	Jashvantsinh Chauhan	40,928
Majority			1,22,908
	INC hold		Swing

1962 General Elections[2]

Indian general elections, 1962: Surat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Morarji Desai	1,65,225
	Independent	Jashvantsinh Chauhan	66,194
Majority			99,031
	INC hold		Swing

See also

• Surat district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

Notes

1. "Surat Constituency". Indian Elections.
2. "Surat Election Result 2019 - Parliamentary Constituency Map and Winning MP". Maps of India.