Panchmahal (Lok Sabha constituency)

Panchmahal
Existence	2008–present
Current MP	Prabhatsinh Pratapsinh Chauhan
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year	2014
State	Gujarat
Total Electors	1,576,667^[1]
Assembly Constituencies	Thasra, Balasinor, Lunawada, Shehra, Morva Hadaf (ST), Godhra, and Kalol.

Panchmahal Lok Sabha constituency (Gujarati: પંચમહાલ 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.^[2] It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Prabhatsinh Pratapsinh Chauhan of the Bharatiya Janata Party. As of the latest elections in 2014, Chauhan represents this constituency.

Assembly segments

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

Assembly Segment No	Name of Assembly Seat	Reserved for
119	Thasra	None
121	Balasinor	None
122	Lunawada	None
124	Shehra	None
125	Morva Hadaf	ST
126	Godhara	None
127	Kaalol	None

Members of Parliament

Election results

General election 2009

Indian general elections, 2009: Panchmahal^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Prabhatsinh Pratapsinh Chauhan	282,079	46.50	N/A
	INC	Shankersinh Vaghela	279,998	46.15	N/A
	LJP	Kalim Shaikh	23,615	3.89	N/A
	BSP	Barot Prakashkumar Maneklal (Vakil)	10,637	1.75	N/A
	Akhil Bartiya Manav Seva Dal	Mansuri Mukhtyar Mohammad (Painter Lala)	10,328	1.70	N/A
Margin of victory			2,081	0.35	N/A
Turnout			606,657	42.62	N/A
	BJP win (new seat)

General election 2014

Indian general elections, 2014: Panchmahal^[1]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Prabhatsinh Pratapsinh Chauhan	508,274	54.45	+7.95
	INC	Ramsinh Parmar	337,678	36.17	-9.98
	BSP	Ramchandra Giri	15,956	1.71	-0.04
	Independent	Vankar Manilal Bhanabhai	11,375	1.22	N/A
	Independent	Mansuri Mukhatyar Mohammad (Panter M. Lala)	10,857	1.16	N/A
	AAP	Piyushkumar Dilipbhai Parmar	6,935	0.74	N/A
	Independent	Patel Pankajbhai Ravjibhai	5,426	0.58	N/A
	Independent	Chavada Harishchandrasinh Prabhatsinh	3,751	0.40	N/A
	Independent	S. N. Chavada (Chavada Vakil)	2,401	0.26	N/A
	SP	Shaikh Kalim Abdullatif	1,993	0.21	N/A
	Independent	Gora Shoeb Mohmadhanif	1,497	0.16	N/A
	JD(U)	Shaikh Majitmiya Jivamiya	1,337	0.14	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	25,981	2.78	N/A
Margin of victory			170,596	18.28	+17.93
Turnout			933,461	59.20	+16.58
	BJP hold		Swing

References

1 2 "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
1 2 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 148.
↑ "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. pp. 44–45. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Panchmahal". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014.