Porbandar_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)
Porbandar Assembly constituency
Legislative Assembly constituency in Gujarat State, India
Porbandar is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.[3][4] It is part of Porbandar district. Since December 2022 MLA from Porbandar is Arjun Modhvadia of Bhartiya Janata Party.
| Porbandar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 83 for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Western India |
| State | Gujarat |
| District | Porbandar |
| LS constituency | Porbandar |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 266,218[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bhartiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Since 2006, this assembly seat represents[4] Porbandar Taluka (Part) Villages – Bhetkadi, Advana, Simar, Rojhivada, Ishvariya, Bhomiyavadar, Sodhana, Shingda, Sisli, Miyani – Bhavpara, Vadala, Ambarama, Fatana, Majivana, Kunvadar, Morana, Paravada, Nagka, Bavalvav, Natvarnagar, Khambhodar, Kindar Kheda, Modhvada, Sakhpur, Tukda Miyani, Visavada, Palkhada, Keshav, Bagvadar, Vachhoda, Khistri, Vinjhrana, Godhana, Sinhjhar Nes, Katvana, Beran, Bharvada, Baradiya, Ratdi, Kantela, Shrinagar, Rinavada, Simani, Bakharla, Boricha, Pandavadar, Degam, Kuchhdi, Zaver, Kolikhada, Bokhira, Porbandar (M), Khapat, Chhaya (M).
| Year | Member | Image | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Popatlal Dahyabhai Kakkad[5] | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1967 | Popatlal Dahyabhai Kakkad | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1972 | Maldevji M Odedara | |||
| 1975 | Thakarar Vasanji Kheraj | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | ||
| 1980 | Lakhani Shashikant Anandlal | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1985 | Agath Laxmanbhai Bhimbhai | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1990 | Lakhani Shashikant Anandlal | Janata Dal | ||
| 1995 | Babubhai Bokhiria[6] | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 1998 | ||||
| 2002 | Arjun Modhwadia[6] | Indian National Congress | ||
| 2007 | ||||
| 2012 | Babubhai Bokhiria[6] | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2017 | ||||
| 2022 | Arjun Modhwadia | Indian National Congress | ||
| ^2024 bye election | Bhartiya Janata Party | |||
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2024 by-election
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Arjun Modhwadia | 82056 | 49.36 | ||
| BJP | Babubhai Bokhiria | 73875 | 44.44 | ||
| AAP | Jeevan Jungi | 5319 | 3.2 | ||
| RRP | Rajesh Gaurishankar Pandya | 128 | 0.08 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2769 | 1.67 | ||
| Majority | 8181 | 4.92 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | 261,870 | ||||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Babubhai Bokhiria | 72,430 | 47.03 | -6.12 | |
| INC | Arjun Modhwadia | 70,575 | 45.82 | +4.42 | |
| BSP | Anandbhai Maru | 4,337 | 2.82 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,433 | 2.23 | ||
| Majority | 1,855 | 1.21 | -10.53 | ||
| Turnout | 1,54,014 | 64.74 | -3.95 | ||
| Registered electors | 237,908 | [9] | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Babubhai Bokhiria | 77,604 | 53.15 | ||
| INC | Arjun Modhwadia | 60,458 | 41.40 | ||
| Majority | 17,146 | 11.74 | |||
| Turnout | 1,46,019 | 68.69 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
- "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- "Arjun Modhwadia, Congress leader resigns from Gujarat Assembly, likely to join BJP". IndiaTV. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- "Parliament / Assembly constituency wise PS & Electors Detail - Draft Roll - 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- "Gujarat: Order No. 33: Table-A: Assembly constituency and Their Extent" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Delimitation Commission of India. 12 December 2006. pp. 2–31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- "Porbandar Constituencywise Result". 12 December 2006.
- "Gujarat Legislative Elections". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. 17 January 2023.
- "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2017". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
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- "Results of Gujarat Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.