Bhavnagar Lok Sabha constituency

Bhavnagar Lok Sabha constituency (Gujarati: ભાવનગર લોકસભા મતવિસ્તાર) is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Gujarat state in India.

Bhavnagar Lok Sabha Constituency ભાવનગર લોક સભા મતદાર વિભાગ
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
Assembly constituencies	Talaja Palitana Bhavnagar Rural Bhavnagar East Bhavnagar West Gadhada Botad
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Nimuben Bambhaniya
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

Presently, Bhavnagar Lok Sabha constituency comprises seven Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:^[1]

Constituency Number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	MLA	Party	Party Leading (in 2024)
100	Talaja	None	Bhavnagar	Gautambhai Chauhan	BJP	BJP
102	Palitana	None	Bhavnagar	Bhikhabhai Baraiya	BJP	BJP
103	Bhavnagar Rural	None	Bhavnagar	Parsottam Solanki	BJP	BJP
104	Bhavnagar East	None	Bhavnagar	Sejal Pandya	BJP	BJP
105	Bhavnagar West	None	Bhavnagar	Jitu Vaghani	BJP	BJP
106	Gadhada	SC	Botad	Shambhuprasad Tundiya	BJP	BJP
107	Botad	None	Botad	Umesh Makwana	AAP	BJP

Members of Parliament

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Chimanlal Chakubhai Shah		Indian National Congress
	Balvantray Mehta
1957
1962	Jashvant Mehta		Praja Socialist Party
1967	Jivraj N. Mehta		Indian National Congress
1969^	Prasannbhai Mehta		Indian National Congress
1971
1977			Janata Party
1980	Gigabhai Gohil		Indian National Congress (I)
1984			Indian National Congress
1989	Shashibhai Jamod
1991	Mahavirsinh Gohil		Bharatiya Janata Party
1996	Rajendrasinh Rana
1998
1999
2004
2009
2014	Bharatiben Shiyal
2019
2024	Nimuben Bambhaniya

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Bhavnagar^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nimuben Bambhaniya	716,883	68.46	4.95
	AAP	Umeshbhai Naranbhai Makwana	2,61,594	24.98	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	18,765	1.79	0.22
Majority			4,55,289	43.48	11.83
Turnout			10,47,232
	BJP hold		Swing	4.95

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Bhavnagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bharatiben Shiyal	661,273	63.51	3.61
	INC	Patel Manharbhai Nagjibhai	3,31,754	31.86	4.17
	NOTA	None of the Above	16,383	1.57	0.52
Majority			3,29,519	31.65	0.56
Turnout			10,41,279	61.0	3.42
	BJP hold		Swing	3.61

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Bhavnagar^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Bharatiben Shiyal	5,49,529	59.90	+25.67
	INC	Pravinbhai Rathod	2,54,041	27.69	−5.60
	AAP	Dr. Kanubhai Kalsaria	49,540	5.40	+5.40
	NOTA	None of the Above	9,590	1.05	−−−
Majority			2,95,488	32.21	+31.27
Turnout			9,18,144	57.58	+12.43
	BJP hold		Swing

General elections 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Bhavnagar^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rajendrasinh Rana	213,358	34.23
	INC	Mahavirsinh Gohil	2,07,446	33.29
	MJP	Gordhanbhai Zadafia	1,56,570	25.12
Majority			5,893	0.95
Turnout			6,23,928	45.16
	BJP hold		Swing

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General elections 2004

2004 Indian general elections: Bhavnagar^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rajendrasinh Rana	247,336	55.60
	INC	Gigabhai Gohil	1,66,910	37.52
Majority			80,426	18.08
Turnout			4,44,833	35.98
	BJP hold		Swing

See also

• Bhavnagar
• Bhavnagar district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha