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Kankrej Assembly Constituency

Kankrej is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India. It is part of Banaskantha district. It is numbered as 15-Kankrej.

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments,

  1. Kankrej Taluka
  2. Deesa Taluka (Part) Villages – Lunpur, Manekpura, Khardosan, Aseda, Nava, Sadarpur, Chhatrala, Mudetha, Yavarganj, Bodal, Jhabadiya, Bhadramali, Dharisana, Kanajhara, Samau Motavas, Saviyana, Velavapura, Samau Nana as.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year Member Party
1967 Jayantilal Virchand Shah Indian National Congress
1972 Shantilal Dhandhara
1975 Mafatlal Panchani Indian National Congress
1980 Shantilal Dhandhara Indian National Congress
1985 Jayantilal Virchand Shah Janata Party
1990 Dharshibhai Khanpura Janata Dal
1995 Indian National Congress
1998 Magansinh Vaghela
2002 Dharshibhai Khanpura
2007 Babubhai Desai Bharatiya Janata Party
2012 Dharshibhai Khanpura Indian National Congress
2017 Kirtisinh Vaghela Bharatiya Janata Party
2022 Amrutji Motiji Thakor Indian National Congress

Election results

2022

Gujarat Assembly election, 2022:Kankrej Assembly constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Amrutji Motiji Thakor 96624 47.81
BJP Vaghela Kirtisinh Prabhatsinh 91329 45.19
AAP Mukeshkumar Somalal Thakkar 5061 2.5
NOTA None of the above 3811 1.89
Majority 2.62
Turnout
Registered electors 291,481

2017

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Kankrej
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Kirtisinh Vaghela 95,131 49.65
INC Dineshji Jalera 86,543 45.17
None of the Above None of the Above 3,881 2.03
Majority 4.48
Turnout 1,91,587 75.97
BJP gain from INC Swing

2012

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Dharshibhai Khanpura 73900 45.13
BJP Kirtisinh Vaghela 73300 44.76
Majority 600 0.37
Turnout 163751 71.74
INC gain from BJP Swing

See also