Maninagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Maninagar assembly constituency (મણીનગર વિધાનસભા બેઠક) is one of the 182 assembly constituency of Gujarat. It is one of the 7 assembly constituencies which make up Ahmedabad West Lok Sabha seat. This constituency is a totally urban population.

Maninagar is a constituent in Gujarat Legislative Assembly. Narendra Modi who was also the Chief Minister of the State Government had represented this constituency as a Member of the Legislative Assembly till 21 May 2014, when he resigned as Gujarat CM for the position of Prime Minister of India and also resigned as Maninagar MLA. In the 2012 Gujarat legislative assembly elections, Modi won from this constituency with a majority of 86,373 votes over Sanjiv Bhatt's wife, Shweta, who was contesting for the Indian National Congress.[1]

List of segments

This assembly segment comprises the following wards of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. Ward No. 36 - Ward No. 36 - Ward No. 43 -

Total number of voters

Election	Polling Stations	Male Voters	Female Voters	Others	Total Voters
2017	228	1,30,820	1,20,611	0	2,51,431

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

  INC(I)     INC     BJP  

Election		Member	Party
	1975	Navin Chandra Barot	Rashtriya Mazdoor Paksha
	1980	Ramlal Ruplal	Indian National Congress (Indira)
	1985		Indian National Congress
	1990	Kamlesh Patel	Bharatiya Janata Party
	1995
	1998
	2002	Narendra Modi
	2007
	2012
	2014 (By Poll)	Sureshbhai Patel
	2017

Election Results

2017 Vidhan Sabha

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Maninagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Sureshbhai Dhanjibhai Patel	1,16,113	71.24	-5.93
	INC	Shweta Narendra Brahmbhatt	40,914	25.10	+4.54
	BSP	Shaileshkumar Valjibhai Keshria	1,224	0.75	+0.75
	YJJP	Ronakbhai Prakashbhai Gohel	815	0.50	+0.50
	IND.	Sunilkumar Narendrabhai Bhatt	453	0.28	+0.28
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,612	1.60	-0.04
Majority			75,199	46.14	-10.47
Turnout			1,62,980	64.82	+28.82
	BJP hold		Swing	-5.93

2014 Bypoll

By Election, 2014: Maninagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Sureshbhai Dhanjibhai Patel	67,689	77.17	+1.79
	INC	Jatin Vijay Jain (Kella)	18,037	20.56	-0.78
	IND.	Kanubhai Shivdas Patel	544	0.62	+0.62
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,443	1.64	+1.64
Majority			49,652	56.61	+2.57
Turnout			87,713	36.00	-34.07
	BJP hold		Swing	+1.79

2012 Vidhan Sabha

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2012: Maninagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Narendra Modi	1,20,470	75.38	+5.85
	INC	Sweta Sanjiv Bhatt	34,097	21.34	-4.77
	IND.	Pavanbhai Shravanbhai Makan	1,488	0.93	+0.93
	BSP	Siddharth Yasvantray Kashyap	1,251	0.78	-1.19
	CPI	Vinod Brahmbhatt	1,098	0.69	+0.69
Majority			86,373	54.04	+10.62
Turnout			1,59,807	70.07	+9.14
	BJP hold		Swing	+5.85

2007

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2007: Maninagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Narendra Modi	1,39,568	69.53	-3.76
	INC	Dinsha Patel	52,407	26.11	+1.43
	BSP	Renu Varunkumar Kavatra	3,955	1.97	+1.97
	IND.	Bhimjibhai Devabhai Prajapati	1,731	0.86	+0.86
		Amitkumar Lakshmanbhai Patanvadiya	1,045	0.52	+0.52
Majority			87,161	43.42	-5.19
Turnout			2,00,725	60.93	+10.74
	BJP hold		Swing	-3.76

2002

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2002: Maninagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Narendra Modi	1,13,589	73.29	+12.15
	INC	Yatinbhai Oza	38,256	24.68	-7.57
	IND.	Harishbhai Ramchandra Sharma	1,946	1.26	+1.26
	SP	Satubha Kanubha Vaghela	1,190	0.77	-0.65
Majority			75,333	48.61	+19.72
Turnout			1,54,981	50.19	+8.62
	BJP hold		Swing	+12.15

1998

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 1998: Maninagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Kamlesh Patel	82,652	61.14
	INC	Vijaykumar Chimanbhai Kella	43,602	32.25
	AIRJP	Narendrakumar Pannalal Patel	4,591	3.40
	SP	D. S. Yadav	1,926	1.42
	CPI	G. K. Parmar	1,016	0.75
Majority			39,050	28.89
Turnout			1,35,191	41.57
	BJP hold		Swing

References

1. "Big win for Narendra Modi, defeats Shweta Bhatt by huge margin". NDTV. Press Trust of India. 20 December 2012.