Ahmedabad West Lok Sabha constituency

Ahmedabad West (Gujarati: અમદાવાદ પશ્ચિમ) 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. This seat is reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC).^[2] It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Kirit Premjibhai Solanki of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Ahmedabad West
Lok Sabha constituency
Location Map of Ahmedabad West Loksabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
Assembly constituencies	Ellisbridge Amraiwadi Dariapur Jamalpur-Khadiya Maninagar Danilimda Asarwa
Established	2008
Total electors	16,78,710[1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Dinesh Makwana
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

As of 2014, Ahmedabad West 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)
44	Ellis Bridge	None	Ahmedabad	Amit Shah	BJP	BJP
50	Amraiwadi	None	Ahmedabad	Hasmukh Patel	BJP	BJP
51	Dariapur	None	Ahmedabad	Kaushik Jain	BJP	INC
52	Jamalpur-Khadiya	None	Ahmedabad	Imran Khedawala	INC	INC
53	Maninagar	None	Ahmedabad	Amul Bhatt	BJP	BJP
54	Danilimda	SC	Ahmedabad	Shailesh Parmar	INC	INC
56	Asarwa	SC	Ahmedabad	Darshana Vaghela	BJP	BJP

Members of Parliament

• Elections until 2008, See Ahmedabad parliamentary constituency.
• This seat came into existence from 2009 elections.

Election	Member	Party
2009	Kiritbhai Solanki		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019
2024	Dineshbhai Makwana[3]

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Ahmedabad West^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dinesh Makwana	611704	63.28
	INC	Bharat Makwana	325267	33.65
	NOTA	None of the above	14007	1.45
Majority
Turnout
	BJP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections:Ahmedabad West^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kirit Premjibhai Solanki	641,622	64.35	+0.38
	INC	Raju Parmar	3,20,076	32.1	+1.33
	BSP	Tribhovandas Karsandas Vaghela	10,028	1.01	+0.37
	RRP	Harshadkumar Laxmanbhai Solanki	621	0.06	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	14,719	1.48	−0.24
Margin of victory			3,21,546	32.25	−0.95
Turnout			9,99,233	60.81	−2.12
	BJP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Ahmedabad West^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kirit Premjibhai Solanki	617,104	63.97	+9.36
	INC	Ishwar Makwana	296,793	30.77	−10.63
	AAP	J. J. Mewada	17,332	1.80	N/A
	BSP	Mansukhbhai Nagarbhai Chavda	6,205	0.64	−0.58
	Independent	Vitthalbhai Maganbhai Solanki	2,837	0.29	−0.51
	BMP	J. G. Parmar	2,564	0.27	N/A
	Lokantrik Samajwadi Party	Narendra Sankhaliya	1,391	0.14	+0.01
	Independent	Rameshbhai Dhanbhai Solanki	1,256	0.13	−0.04
	Bahujan Suraksha Dal	Amrut Sonara	941	0.10	N/A
	Independent	Aayar Muljibhai Khanabhai	808	0.08	N/A
	Independent	Harjivanbhai Kalabhai Solanki	807	0.08	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	16,571	1.72	N/A
Margin of victory			320,311	33.20	+20.00
Turnout			9,65,560	62.93	+14.71
	BJP hold		Swing

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Ahmedabad West^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kirit Solanki	376,823	54.61	N/A
	INC	Shailesh Parmar	2,85,696	41.40	N/A
	BSP	Pravin Solanki	8,436	1.22	N/A
	Independent	Vitthalbhai Maganbhai Solanki	5,513	0.80	N/A
	Lokpriya Samaj Party	Mohanbhai Karshanbhai Parmar	2,931	0.42	N/A
	Independent	Kantibhai Hemabhai Solanki	1,965	0.28	N/A
	Independent	Ratnaben Dahyabhai Vora	1,168	0.17	N/A
	Independent	Rameshbhai Danabhai Solanki	1,159	0.17	N/A
	LJP	Ishwarbhai Dhanabhai Makwana	1,155	0.17	N/A
	Independent	Ishwarbhai Khandas Shah	1,111	0.16	N/A
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party	Narendrasinh Mansinh Sankhaliya	923	0.13	N/A
	RPI(A)	Savle Bhika Fula	779	0.11	N/A
	Independent	Prahladbhai Natthubhai Chauhan	693	0.10	N/A
	AIMF	Vijaykumar Manjibhai Vadher	616	0.09	N/A
	IJP	Shirsath Vedubhai Kautikbhai	561	0.08	N/A
	Independent	Dalpatbhai Khimabhai Vanzara	544	0.08	N/A
Margin of victory			91,127	13.21	N/A
Turnout			6,90,073	48.22	N/A
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

• Ahmedabad Lok Sabha constituency
• Ahmedabad District
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

1. "Electorate Details: Ahmedabad West". Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 147. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
3. "General Election to Parliamentary Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024 Parliamentary Constituency 8 - Ahmedabad West (Gujarat)". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 4 June 2024.
4. Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Ahmedabad West". Archived from the original on 19 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
5. "2019 General Election constituency wise detailed result". ECI. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
6. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election – 2014". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
7. "Ahmedabad West". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014.
8. "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. pp. 38–39. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

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