Ahmedabad Lok Sabha constituency

Ahmedabad
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
Established	1952
Abolished	2008

Ahmedabad was a Lok Sabha constituency in Gujarat state in western India, till 2008. After the reorg of 2009, Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha constituency and Ahmedabad West Lok Sabha constituency became the two constituencies from the city, sending representatives to the parliament.

Vidhan Sabha segments

Ahmedabad Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following 7 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
71	Kalupur	None	Ahmedabad
73	Rakhial	None	Ahmedabad
74	Shaher Kotda	SC	Ahmedabad
75	Khadia	None	Ahmedabad
76	Jamalpur	None	Ahmedabad
77	Maninagar	None	Ahmedabad
78	Naroda	None	Ahmedabad

Members of Lok Sabha

Election	Member	Party
1952	Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar		Indian National Congress
	Muldas Bhudardas Vaishya
1956^	Sushila Ganesh Mavalankar
1957	Indulal Kanaiyalal Yagnik		Mahagujarat Janata Parishad
	Karsandas Ukabhai Parmar		Independent
1962	Indulal Kanaiyalal Yagnik		Nutan Mahagujarat Janata Parishad
1967			Independent
1971			Indian National Congress
1972^	Purushottam Mavalankar		Independent
1977	Ehsan Jafri		Indian National Congress
1980	Maganbhai Barot		Indian National Congress (I)
1984	Haroobhai Mehta		Indian National Congress
1989	Harin Pathak		Bharatiya Janata Party
1991
1996
1998
1999
2004
From 2008 : See Ahmedabad East & Ahmedabad West

^By poll

Election results

2004

General Election, 2004: Ahmedabad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Harin Pathak	301,853	55.03
	INC	Rajkumar Gigraj Gupta	2,24,248	40.88
	BSP	Dr. Mangalam Virambhai Rathod	7,889	1.44
	IND.	Shaikh Samsuddin Nashiruddin	5,411	0.99
	JD(U)	Ambalal Mafatlal Chauhan	2,725	0.50
Majority			77,605	14.15
Turnout			5,48,559	39.67
	BJP hold		Swing

1999

General Election, 1999: Ahmedabad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Harin Pathak	280,696	53.19
	INC	Girish Popatlal Dani	2,27,728	43.15
	IND.	Laxman G. Patanvadia	7,375	1.40
	SS	Surendrabhai Shyamlal Kosti	3,343	0.63
	JD(U)	Rashid Khan Pathan	2,805	0.56
Majority			52,968	10.04
Turnout			5,27,737	39.97
	BJP hold		Swing

1998

General Election, 1998: Ahmedabad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Harin Pathak	350,699	55.90
	INC	Harubhai Mehta	2,13,886	34.09
	AIRJP	Jagroopsinh G. Rajput	51,656	8.23
	SP	Ilyasbhai Dhagawale	5,699	0.91
	IND.	Iqbal Shaikh	2,529	0.40
Majority			1,36,813	21.81
Turnout			6,27,409	48.54
	BJP hold		Swing

1996

General Election, 1996: Ahmedabad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Harin Pathak	210,967	61.31
	INC	Irshad Mirza	1,12,450	32.68
	IND.	Chimanbhai Mehta	6,605	1.92
	JD	Utsav Rana	3,580	1.04
	SP	Ranjitsinh Zala	1,560	0.45
Majority			98,517	28.63
Turnout			3,44,113	26.89
	BJP hold		Swing

1991

General Election, 1991: Ahmedabad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Harin Pathak	233,568	59.26
	INC	Maganbhai Barot	1,41,683	35.94
	JD	Sheikh Ayesha Begum Mohmadali	10,331	2.62
	JP	Mrugesh Vaishnav	1,949	0.49
	YVP	Manojkumar Navinchandra Dave	1,023	0.26
Majority			91,885	23.32
Turnout			3,94,169	37.48
	BJP hold		Swing

1989

General Election, 1989: Ahmedabad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Harin Pathak	334,098	58.59
	INC	Surendrakumar Netrapalsinh Rajput	1,86,741	32.75
	DMM	Mohammad Hanif Husenbhai Shaikh	39,174	6.87
	IND.	Subhashchandra Khodidas Nayak	2,928	0.51
	RPI(K)	Pankaj Vijaybhai Parmar	1,425	0.25
Majority			1,47,357	25.84
Turnout			5,70,267	57.20
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

1984

General Election, 1984: Ahmedabad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Haroobhai Mehta	231,751	51.02
	BJP	Ashok Bhatt	1,98,614	43.73
	IND.	Balraj Madhok	5,628	1.24
	IND.	Maganbhai Barot	4,709	1.04
	IND.	Mohmadsharif Kucherawala	4,356	0.96
Majority			33,137	7.29
Turnout			4,54,232	59.28
	INC hold		Swing

1980

General Election, 1980: Ahmedabad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Maganbhai Barot	248,206	60.98
	JP	Krushnavadan Joshi	1,40,053	34.41
	INC(U)	Ahsan Jafri	7,054	1.73
	IND.	Bhagubhai Dahyabhai Patel	3,401	0.84
	IND.	Utsav Rana	2,526	0.62
Majority			1,08,153	26.57
Turnout			4,07,045	58.25
	INC(I) hold		Swing

1977

General Election, 1977: Ahmedabad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ahsan Jafri	187,715	50.59
	JP	Brahmkumar Bhatt	1,77,702	47.90
	IND.	Mahendrakumar Maganlal Dave	1,971	0.53
	IND.	Chandulal Keshavlal Khamar	1,752	0.47
	IND.	Jagatsinh Chandansinh	1,208	0.33
Majority			10,013	2.69
Turnout			3,71,018	64.72
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

1971

• Indulal Kanaiyalal Yagnik (INC) : 193,834 votes ^[1]
• Jaykrishna Harivallabhdas (NCO) : 137,374

1972

• P.G.Mavalankar (IND) : 112,026 votes
• Manubhai Palkhiwala (INC) : 86,579

1952

• • First Seat
• Vaishya Muldas Bhudardas (INC) : 203,928 votes
• Goswami Krishnajiwanji Gokulnathji (RRP) : 112,239
  • Second seat
• Mavlankar Ganesh Vasudeo (INC) : 230,778 votes
• Parmar Balwantrai Govindrai (SCF) : 69,443

See also

• Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha constituency
• Ahmedabad West Lok Sabha constituency
• Sarkhej Assembly constituency
• Ahmedabad district
• List of former constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

1. "1971 India General (5th Lok Sabha) Elections Results".

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