en Panchmahal Lok Sabha constituency

Panchmahal
Panchmahal
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
Assembly constituencies	Thasra; Balasinor; Lunawada; Shehra; Morva Hadaf; Godhra; Kalol
Established	2008
Total electors	18,96,743 (2024)
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Rajpalsinh Mahendrasinh Jadav
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Panchmahal is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian Parliament) constituencies in Gujarat, a state in western India. This constituency was created as a part of the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008.^[1] It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Prabhatsinh Pratapsinh Chauhan of the Bharatiya Janata Party. As of the latest elections in 2024, Rajpalsinh Mahendrasinh Jadav represents this constituency.

Assembly segments

As of 2014, Panchmahal Lok Sabha constituency comprises seven Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:^[1]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	MLA	Party
119	Thasra	None	Kheda	Kantibhai Parmar	INC
121	Balasinor	None	Mahisagar	Ajitsinh Dabhi	INC
122	Lunawada	None	Mahisagar	Jigneshbhai Sevak	BJP
124	Shehra	None	Panchmahal	Jethabhai Bharwad	BJP
125	Morva Hadaf	ST	Panchmahal	Nimishben Suthar	BJP
126	Godhra	None	Panchmahal	C. K. Raulji	BJP
127	Kalol	None	Panchmahal	Sumanben Chauhan	BJP

Year	Name
Till 2008 : Constituency did not exist
2009	Prabhatsinh Pratapsinh Chauhan	Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Prabhatsinh Pratapsinh Chauhan
2019	Ratansinh Rathod
2024	Rajpalsinh Mahendrasinh Jadav

2024 Indian general election: Panchmahal^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rajpalsinh Mahendrasinh Jadav	794,579	70.22	2.66
	INC	Gulabsinh Somsinh Chauhan	2,85,237	25.21	2.81
	NOTA	None of the above	20,103	1.78	0.08
	Independent	Hasmukhkumar Ganpatsinh Rathod	10,399	0.92	N/A
	Independent	Manojsinh Ranajitsinh Rathod	4,013	0.35	N/A
	Independent	Taslim Mohammedrafik Durvesh	3,065	0.27	N/A
	Independent	Pandor Kaushikkumar Shankarbhai	2,507	0.22	N/A
Majority			5,09,342	45.01	5.48
Turnout			11,31,497	59.65	2.58
	BJP hold		Swing

2019 Indian general elections: Panchmahal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ratansinh Rathod	732,136	67.56	+13.11
	INC	Khant Vechatbhai Kuberbhai	3,03,595	28.02	−8.07
	NOTA	None of the above	20,133	1.86	−1.92
	NCP	Virendra Parsottamdas Patel	9,826	0.91	+0.91
	IND	Lalabhai Gadhvi	9,212	+0.85	+0.85
Margin of victory			4,28,541	39.53	+21.25
Turnout			10,85,718	62.23	+2.93
	BJP hold		Swing

2014 Indian general elections: Panchmahal^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Prabhatsinh Pratapsinh Chauhan	508,274	54.45	+7.95
	INC	Ramsinh Parmar	3,37,678	36.17	−9.98
	BSP	Ramchandra Giri	15,956	1.71	−0.04
	Independent	Vankar Manilal Bhanabhai	11,375	1.22	N/A
	Independent	Mansuri Mukhatyar Mohammad	10,857	1.16	N/A
	AAP	Piyushkumar Dilipbhai Parmar	6,935	0.74	N/A
	Independent	Patel Pankajbhai Ravjibhai	5,426	0.58	N/A
	Independent	Chavada Harishchandrasinh Prabhatsinh	3,751	0.40	N/A
	Independent	S. N. Chavada	2,401	0.26	N/A
	SP	Shaikh Kalim Abdullatif	1,993	0.21	N/A
	Independent	Gora Shoeb Mohmadhanif	1,497	0.16	N/A
	JD(U)	Shaikh Majitmiya Jivamiya	1,337	0.14	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	25,981	2.78	N/A
Margin of victory			1,70,596	18.28	+17.93
Turnout			9,35,016	59.30	+16.68
	BJP hold		Swing

2009 Indian general elections: Panchmahal^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Prabhatsinh Pratapsinh Chauhan	282,079	46.50	N/A
	INC	Shankersinh Vaghela	2,79,998	46.15	N/A
	LJP	Kalim Shaikh	23,615	3.89	N/A
	BSP	Barot Prakashkumar Maneklal	10,637	1.75	N/A
	ABMSD	Mansuri Mukhtyar Mohammad	10,328	1.70	N/A
Margin of victory			2,081	0.35	N/A
Turnout			6,07,005	42.65	N/A
	BJP win (new seat)

^ ^a ^b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 148.
^ Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Panchmahal". Archived from the original on 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
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