Ahmedabad West (Lok Sabha constituency)

Ahmedabad West Lok Sabha constituency (Gujarati: અમદાવાદ પશ્ચિમ લોકસભા મતવિસ્તાર) 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 Dr.Kirit Premjibhai Solanki of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). As of latest elections in 2014, Dr.Solanki represents this constituency.

Ahmedabad West
Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Dr. Kirit Premjibhai Solanki
Parliamentary Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	2008 - Present
Reservation	N.A.
State	Gujarat
Total Electors	16,78,710[1]
Most Successful Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Assembly Constituencies	Ellisbridge Amraiwadi Dariapur Jamalpur-Khadiya Maninagar Danilimda (SC) Asarwa (SC)

Assembly segments

As of 2014, Ahmedabad West Lok Sabha constituency comprises seven Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:[2]

Assembly Segment No	Name of Assembly Seat	Reserved for
44	Ellisbridge	None
50	Amraiwadi	None
51	Dariapur	None
52	Jamalpur–Khadiya	None
53	Maninagar	None
54	Danilimda	SC
56	Asarwa	SC

Members of Parliament

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

Key

  BJP  

Election		Member	Party
	2009	Kiritbhai Solanki	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2014
	2019

Election results

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections:Ahmedabad West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Kirit Premjibhai Solanki	6,41,622	64.35	+0.38
	INC	Raju Parmar	3,20,076	32.1	+1.33
	BSP	Tribhovandas Karsandas Vaghela	10,028	1.01	+0.37
	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

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Ahmedabad West[3][4]

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

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Ahmedabad West [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Kirit Solanki	3,76,823	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
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 147.
3. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election – 2014". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
4. "Ahmedabad West". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014.
5. "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.