Vadgam Assembly constituency

Vadgam is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.^[1][2] It is part of Banaskantha district, numbered as 11-Vadgam and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes. It falls under the Patan Lok Sabha constituency.

Vadgam
Constituency No. 11 for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
District	Banaskantha
Lok Sabha constituency	Patan
Established	2007
Total electors	295,281
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Jignesh Mevani
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2022

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments,^[3]

1. Vadgam Taluka
2. Palanpur Taluka (Part) Villages – Hathidra, Kumpar, Godh, Dhandha, Khasa, Hoda, Galwada, Sagrosana, Bhagal (Jagana), Manaka, Gola, Merwada (Ratanpur), Vagda, Jagana, Vasna (Jagana), Badarpura (Kalusana), Saripada, Patosan, Salla, Sasam, Takarwada, Tokariya, Sedrasana, Kamalpur, Fatepur, Semodra, Asmapura (Gola), Dhelana, Kharodiya, Jasleni, Badargadh, Kanodar (CT).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
2002	Dolatbhai Parmar		Indian National Congress
2007	Fakir Vaghela[4]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2012	Manilal Vaghela[5]		Indian National Congress
2017	Jignesh Mevani[6]		Independent
2022			Indian National Congress

Election results

2022

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Gujarat Assembly election, 2022: Vadgam Assembly constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jignesh Mevani	94765	48.00%	+48%
	BJP	Manilal Vaghela	89837	45.51%	+5.19%
	AAP	Dalpat Bhatiya[7]	4493	2.28	+2.28%
	NOTA	None of the above	2877	1.46
Majority			4928	2.49
Turnout			197420	66.21%	−6.00%
Registered electors			295,281	[8]
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

2017

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Vadgam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jignesh Mevani	95,497	50.79	New
	BJP	Vijaykumar Chakravarti	75,801	40.32	−0.24
	NOTA	None of the above	4,255	2.26
	Independent	Narendra Makwana	3,711	1.97	New
	BSP	Pushpaben Jadav	1,263	0.67
Majority			19,696	10.47
Turnout			1,88,006	72
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

2012

2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Vadgam^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Manilal Vaghela	90375	53.48
	BJP	Fakir Vaghela	68536	40.56
	Independent	Parmar Jayeshkumar Khemchandbhai	5190	3.07
	JD(U)	Vansola Gautambhai Kanjibhai	1672	0.99
Majority			21839	12.92
Turnout			168988	72.27
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2007

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Fakir Vaghela	50,481	44.76
	INC	Dolatbhai Parmar	40,776	36.16
	Independent	Dineshbhai Parmar	16,372	14.52
Majority				8.60
Turnout			112776
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
• Banaskantha district