Maninagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Maninagar assembly constituency (મણીનગર વિધાનસભા બેઠક) is one of the 182 assembly constituency of Gujarat. It is located on Eastern side of city Ahmedabad. This constituency is a totally urban population.
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 |
2014 | 228 | 126749 | 116847 | 0 | 243596 |
Members of Legislative Assembly
Key
Ram Rajya Parishad INC(I) INC BJP
Election results
2014
By-election 2014: Maninagar[2] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
BJP |
Sureshbhai Dhanjibhai Patel |
67,689 |
77.17 |
+1.79 |
|
INC |
Jatin Vijay Jain (Kella) |
18,037 |
20.56 |
-0.78 |
|
NOTA |
None of the Above |
1,443 |
1.65 |
N/A |
Majority |
49,652 |
56.61 |
+2.57 |
Turnout |
87,713 |
36.01 |
-34.77 |
|
BJP hold |
Swing |
+1.79 |
|
2012
2007
2002
Gujarat assembly elections, 2002: Maninagar[2] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
BJP |
Narendra Damodardas Modi |
1,13,589 |
50.19 |
|
|
INC |
Yatinbhai Narendrakumar Oza |
38,256 |
24.68 |
|
|
BSP |
Harishbhai Ramchandra Sharma |
1,946 |
1.26 |
|
Majority |
75,333 |
25.51 |
|
Turnout |
1,54,981 |
50.19 |
|
|
BJP hold |
Swing |
|
|
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.[3]
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