Sabarkantha Lok Sabha constituency

Sabarkantha is one of 26 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Gujarat state in western India.

Sabarkantha
Lok Sabha constituency
Sabarkantha Lok Sabha Constituency સાબરકાંઠા લોક સભા મતદાર વિભાગ
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
Assembly constituencies	Himatnagar Idar Khedbrahma Bhiloda Modasa Bayad Prantij
Established	1952
Total electors	19,76,349 (2024)[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Shobhanaben Baraiya
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Vidhan Sabha segments

Presently, Sabarkantha Lok Sabha constituency comprises seven Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:^[2]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	MLA	Party	Party Leading (in 2024)
27	Himatnagar	None	Sabarkantha	Vinendrasinh Zala	BJP	BJP
28	Idar	SC	Sabarkantha	Ramanlal Vora	BJP	BJP
29	Khedbrahma	ST	Sabarkantha	Tushar Chaudhary	INC	INC
30	Bhiloda	ST	Aravalli	P. C. Baranda	BJP	INC
31	Modasa	None	Aravalli	Bhikhusinh Parmar	BJP	BJP
32	Bayad	None	Aravalli	Dhavalsinh Zala	BJP	BJP
33	Prantij	None	Sabarkantha	Gajendrasinh Parmar	BJP	BJP

Members of Parliament

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Gulzarilal Nanda		Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967	C.C. Desai		Swatantra Party
1971			Indian National Congress (O)
1973^	Maniben Patel[3]
1977	H.M. Patel		Janata Party
1980	Shantubhai Patel		Indian National Congress (I)
1984	H.M. Patel		Janata Party
1989	Maganbhai Patel		Janata Dal
1991	Arvind Trivedi		Bharatiya Janata Party
1996	Nisha Chaudhary		Indian National Congress
1998
1999
2001^	Madhusudan Mistry
2004
2009	Mahendrasinh Chauhan		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod
2019
2024	Shobhanaben Mahendrasinh Baraiya

^ by poll

Election Results

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Sabarkantha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shobhanaben Baraiya	677,318	53.36	4.26
	INC	Tushar Chaudhary	5,21,636	41.09	5.55
	NOTA	None of the above	21,076	1.66
	BSP	Ramesh Chandra Parmar	9,967	0.79	0.14
Majority			1,55,682	12.27	9.81
Turnout			12,56,210[lower-alpha 1]	63.56	4.21
	BJP hold		Swing

1. does not include postal ballots

General Election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Sabarkantha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod	701,984	57.62	+8.14
	INC	Thakor Rajendrasinh Shivsinh	4,32,997	35.54	−6.37
	Independent	Raval Rajubhai Punjabhai	17,175	1.41	N/A
	Independent	Pathan Aaiyubkhan Ajabkhan	9,177	0.75
	BSP	Vinodbhai Jethabhai Mesariya	7,912	0.65
Majority			2,68,987	22.08	+14.49
Turnout			12,20,978	67.77	−0.05
	BJP hold		Swing

General Election 2014^[4]

2014 Indian general elections: Sabarkantha^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod	5,52,205	49.48	+2.46
	INC	Shankersinh Vaghela	4,67,750	41.91	−2.72
	NOTA	None of the Above	18,249	1.64	−−−
	BSP	Chandubhai Bhambhi	16,665	1.49	+0.34
	IND	Solanki Chhaganbhai Kevalabhai	9,765	0.90	+0.90
Majority			84,455	7.57	+5.18
Turnout			10,95,863	67.82	+18.09
	BJP hold		Swing	+2.46

General Elections 2009^[7]

2009 Indian general elections: Sabarkantha^[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mahendrasinh Chauhan	3,37,416	47.02
	INC	Madhusudan Mistry	3,20,261	44.63
	Independent	Chhaganbhai Solanki	28,135	3.92
	Independent	Rathod Sabirmiya Amirmiya	9,504	1.32
Majority			17,155	2.39
Turnout			7,17,614	49.41
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

General Elections 2004^[10]

2004 Indian general elections: Sabarkantha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Madhusudan Mistry [11]	3,16,483	48.34
	BJP	Ramilaben Bara	2,76,555	42.24
	BSP	Rashidahmad Baga	23,341	3.56
Majority			39,928	6.10
Turnout			6,54,620	51.45
	INC hold		Swing

1952

• Nanda, Gulzarilal Bulaqiram (INC) : 106,048 votes ^[12]
• Maharaj Himmatsinhji Dowlatsinhji (Ind) : 83,674

See also

• Sabarkantha district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

Notes

1. https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
2. "Parliament Constituency wise Electors Detail, Polling Stations & EPIC - Loksabha Election 2009" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Gujarat website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-16.
3. "The political dynasty nobody is talking about: Sardar Patel's". ThePrint. 31 October 2018.
4. CEO Gujarat. Contesting Candidates LS2014
5. CEO Gujarat. Contesting Candidates LS2014
6. "Constituencywise-All Candidates". ECI.
7. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-02. Retrieved 2014-05-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
8. CEO Gujarat. Contesting Candidates LS2014
9. "Constituencywise-All Candidates". ECI.
10. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-18. Retrieved 2017-06-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
11. "Sabarkantha Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency".
12. "1951 India General (1st Lok Sabha) Elections Results".

Lok Sabha
Preceded by Phulpur	Constituency represented by the prime minister 1964	Succeeded by Allahabad
Preceded by Allahabad	Constituency represented by the prime minister 1966-1967	Vacant until 1967 (Prime Minister in Rajya Sabha) Title next held by Rae Bareli

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