Mahesana Lok Sabha Constituency
Mahesana Lok Sabha constituency (formerly, Mehsana Lok Sabha constituency) (Gujarati: મહેસાણા લોકસભા મતવિસ્તાર) is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Gujarat state in western India. It is home to the birthplace of India's current Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. It is one of the first 2 seats won by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), India's current governing party. The constituency remains a stronghold of the BJP, which has held the seat since 1984 barring 2 exceptions.
Assembly segments
Presently, Mahesana Lok Sabha constituency comprises seven Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:
# | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) |
District | MLA | Party | Party Leading (in 2019) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
21 | Unjha | None | Mahesana | K. K. Patel | BJP | BJP |
22 | Visnagar | None | Mahesana | Rushikesh Patel | BJP | BJP |
23 | Bechraji | None | Mahesana | Sukhaji Thakor | BJP | BJP |
24 | Kadi | SC | Mahesana | Karsanbhai Solanki | BJP | BJP |
25 | Mahesana | None | Mahesana | Mukesh Patel | BJP | BJP |
26 | Vijapur | None | Mahesana | C. J. Chavda | INC | BJP |
37 | Mansa | None | Gandhinagar | Jayantibhai Patel | BJP | BJP |
Members of Lok Sabha
Year | Winner | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1952 2-members seat |
Kilachand Tulshidas Kilachand, Mehsana (West) | Indian National Congress | |
Shantilal Girdharlal Parikh, (Mehsana (East) | |||
1957 | Purshottamdas Ranchhoddas Patel | Independent | |
1962 | Mansinh Prithviraj Patel | Indian National Congress | |
1967 | R.J. Amin | Swatantra Party | |
1971 | Natvarlal Amrutlal Patel | Indian National Congress (Organisation) | |
1977 | Maniben Vallabhbhai Patel | Janata Party | |
1980 | Motibhai Chaudhary | ||
1984 | A. K. Patel | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
1989 | |||
1991 | |||
1996 | |||
1998 | |||
1999 | Atmaram Maganbhai Patel | Indian National Congress | |
2002^ | Thakor Punjaji Sadaji | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2004 | Jivabhai Ambalal Patel | Indian National Congress | |
2009 | Jayshreeben Patel | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2014 | |||
2019 | Shardaben Patel | ||
2024 | Haribhai Patel |
^ by poll
Election results
2024
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Haribhai Patel | 686,406 | 63.74 | ||
INC | Ramji Thakor (Palvi) | 3,58,360 | 33.28 | ||
NOTA | None of the Above | 11,626 | 1.08 | ||
Majority | 3,28,046 | 30.46 | |||
Turnout | 10,59,938 | 59.86 | ![]() | ||
BJP hold | Swing |
- ^ does not include postal ballots
2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Shardaben Patel | 659,525 | 60.96 | +4.33 | |
INC | A. J Patel | 3,78,006 | 36.94 | +4.35 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 12,067 | 1.12 | -0.86 | |
BSP | Chauhan Prahaladbai Nattubhai | 9,512 | 0.88 | -0.07 | |
IND | Rathod Gulabsinh Dursinh | 5,221 | 0.48 | +0.48 | |
Majority | 2,81,519 | 26.02 | +5.63 | ||
Turnout | 10,84,677 | 65.78 | -1.25 | ||
BJP hold | Swing |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Jayshreeben Kanubhai Patel | 5,80,250 | 56.63 | +32.62 | |
INC | Jivabhai Ambalal Patel | 3,71,359 | 32.59 | -13.80 | |
BSP | Kevalji Thakor | 9,766 | 0.95 | -0.36 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 20,333 | 1.98 | --- | |
Majority | 2,08,891 | 20.39 | +18.82 | ||
Turnout | 10,04,295 | 67.03 | +17.50 | ||
BJP hold | Swing | +32.62 |
2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Jayshreeben Patel | 3,34,598 | 48.31 | ||
INC | Jeewabhai Patel | 3,13,033 | 45.15 | ||
Independent | Laljibhai Patel | 12,063 | 1.74 | ||
BSP | Zala Rudradattsinh Vanrajsinh | 9,065 | 1.31 | ||
Majority | 21,865 | 1.57 | |||
Turnout | 6,93,330 | 49.74 | |||
BJP gain from INC | Swing |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Jeewabhai Patel | 339,643 | 48.84 | ||
BJP | Nitinbhai Patel | 325,132 | 46.75 | ||
Independent | Laxmanji Thakor | 20,410 | 1.74 | ||
Majority | 14,511 | 2.09 | |||
Turnout | 695,409 | 56.26 | |||
INC gain from BJP | Swing |
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | A.K. Patel | 287,555 | 51.8 | ||
INC | Sagarbhai Rayanka | 243,659 | 43.9 | ||
Independent | Dashrathlal Prajapati | 2,752 | 0.5 | ||
Independent | Jayantibhai Raval | 2,126 | 0.4 | ||
Doordarshi Party | Parsotamdas Patel | 1,891 | 0.3 | ||
Majority | 43,896 | 7.9 | |||
Turnout | 5,54,675 | 72.8 | |||
BJP gain from INC | Swing |