Surat Lok Sabha constituency

Surat Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Gujarat. Veteran BJP strongman Kashiram Rana has been an MP from this seat for 6 terms. Surat was also the constituency of the 7th Prime Minister of India Morarji Desai, who has been an MP for this constituency for 5 terms. Surat has elected BJP leaders as MP since 1989. In the 2024 election, the BJP candidate Mukesh Dalal won unopposed as the nominations of the Indian National Congress's candidate and their backup candidate were rejected and all other candidates withdrew.^[2][3]

Surat
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
Assembly constituencies	Olpad Surat East Surat North Varachha Road Karanj Katargam Surat West
Established	1951
Total electors	16,55,658[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Mukesh Dalal
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Darshana Jardosh   BJP

Assembly segments

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	MLA	Party	Party leading (in 2019)
155	Olpad	None	Surat	Mukesh Patel	BJP	BJP
159	Surat East	None	Surat	Arvind Rana	BJP	BJP
160	Surat North	None	Surat	Kantibhai Balar	BJP	BJP
161	Varachha Road	None	Surat	Kumar Kanani	BJP	BJP
162	Karanj	None	Surat	Pravinbhai Goghari	BJP	BJP
166	Katargam	None	Surat	Vinodbhai Moradiya	BJP	BJP
167	Surat West	None	Surat	Purnesh Modi	BJP	BJP

Member of Parliament

Year	Name	Portrait	Political party
1951	Kanayalal Desai			Indian National Congress
1957	Morarji Desai
1962
1967
1971				Indian National Congress (O)
1977				Janata Party
1980	C. D. Patel			Indian National Congress
1984
1989	Kashiram Rana			Bharatiya Janata Party
1991
1996
1998
1999
2004
2009	Darshana Jardosh
2014
2019
2024	Mukesh Dalal

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Surat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mukesh Dalal[4][5][6]	Elected Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	BJP hold		Swing	N/A

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Surat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Darshana Vikram Jardosh	795,651	74.47	−1.32
	INC	Ashok Patel (Adhevada)	2,47,421	23.16	+3.62
	NOTA	None of the above	10,532	0.99	−0.16
Majority			5,48,230	51.31	−4.94
Turnout			10,69,253	64.58	+0.68
	BJP hold		Swing	-1.32

2014 general elections

2014 Indian general elections: Surat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Darshana Vikram Jardosh	7,18,412	75.79	+23.34
	INC	Naishadh Bhupatbhai Desai	1,85,222	19.54	−22.16
	AAP	Mohanbhai B. Patel	18,877	1.99	+1.99
	BSP	Omprakash Srivastav	6,346	0.67	−0.03
	IND.	Mukesh Lavjibhai Ambaliya	2,695	0.28	+0.28
	NOTA	None of the above	10,936	1.15	+1.15
Majority			5,33,190	56.25	+45.50
Turnout			9,48,383	63.90	+14.93
	BJP hold		Swing	+23.34

2009 general elections

2009 Indian general elections: Surat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Darshana Vikram Jardosh	3,64,947	52.45
	INC	Dhirubhai Haribhai Gajera	2,90,149	41.70
	MJP	Fakirbhai Chauhan	15,519	2.23
	BSP	Ajaykumar Dineshbhai Patel	4,858	0.70
	Independent	Mohd. Aiyub Abdul Raheman Shaikh	4,678	0.67
Majority			74,798	10.75
Turnout			6,96,372	49.01
	BJP hold		Swing

2004 general elections

2004 Indian general elections: Surat^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kashiram Rana	5,08,000	56.69
	INC	Chandravadan Chhotubhai Pithawala	3,57,513	39.89
Majority			1,50,563	16.80
	BJP hold		Swing

1999 general elections

Indian general elections, 1999: Surat^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kashiram Rana	4,23,773	68.82
	INC	Rupin Rameshchandra Pachchigar	1,74,576	28.35
Majority			2,49,197	40.47
	BJP hold		Swing

1998 general elections^[7]

Indian general elections, 1998: Surat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kashiram Rana	5,64,601	65.16
	INC	Thakorbhai Naik	2,60,579	30.07
Majority			3,04,022	35.09
	BJP hold		Swing

1996 general elections^[7]

Indian general elections, 1996: Surat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kashiram Rana	3,76,933	61.07
	INC	Manubhai Kotadia	2,01,672	32.68
Majority			1,75,261	28.39
	BJP hold		Swing

1991 general elections^[7]

Indian general elections, 1991: Surat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kashiram Rana	3,36,285	56.24
	INC	Sahdev Bherabhai Chaudhary	2,29,931	38.46
Majority			1,06,354	17.78
	BJP hold		Swing

1989 general elections^[7]

Indian general elections, 1989: Surat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kashiram Rana	4,28,465	62.75	+18.52
	INC	C. D. Patel	2,34,434	34.33	−19.38
Majority			1,94,031	28.42
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

1984 general elections^[7]

Indian general elections, 1984: Surat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chhaganbhai Devabhai Patel	2,86,928	53.71
	BJP	Kashiram Chhabildas Rana	2,36,253	44.23
Majority			50,675	9.48
	INC hold		Swing

1980 general elections^[7]

Indian general elections, 1980: Surat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	C. D. Patel	2,34,263
	JP	Asoka Mehta	2,07,602
Majority			26,661
	INC(I) gain from JP		Swing

1977 general elections^[7]

Indian general elections, 1977: Surat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Morarji Desai	2,06,206	52.46
	INC	Jashvantsinh Chauhan	1,84,746	47.00
Majority			21,460	5.46
	JP hold		Swing

1971 general elections^[7]

Indian general elections, 1971: Surat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(O)	Morarji Desai	1,70,321
	INC	Gordhandas Chokhawala	1,38,797
Majority			31,524
	INC(O) gain from INC(I)		Swing

1967 general elections^[7]

Indian general elections, 1967: Surat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Morarji Desai	1,63,836
	Independent	Jashvantsinh Chauhan	40,928
Majority			1,22,908
	INC hold		Swing

1962 general elections^[7]

Indian general elections, 1962: Surat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Morarji Desai	1,65,225
	Independent	Jashvantsinh Chauhan	66,194
Majority			99,031
	INC hold		Swing

See also

• Surat district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

Notes

1. "Surat Constituency". Indian Elections.
2. "BJP's first win before polls, walkover in Surat. Here's what happened". India Today. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
3. "BJP To Win Surat As Congress Candidate Disqualified, Independents Pull Out". NDTV.com. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
4. "BJP candidate Mukesh Dalal elected unopposed from Surat Lok Sabha seat". The Hindu. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
5. "BJP's Mukesh Dalal wins Surat Lok Sabha seat unopposed before polls". India Today. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
6. "BJP candidate from Surat declared elected after all candidates in fray withdrew nominations". The Hindu Businessline. 22 April 2024.
7. "Surat Election Result 2019 - Parliamentary Constituency Map and Winning MP". Maps of India.

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Preceded by Rae Bareli	Constituency represented by the prime minister 1977-1979	Succeeded by Baghpat

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