Kankrej Assembly constituency

Kankrej is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.[2][3] It is part of Banaskantha district. It is numbered as 15-Kankrej.

Kankrej
Constituency for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionWestern India
StateGujarat
DistrictBanaskantha
LS constituencyPatan
Total electors291,577[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Amrutji Motiji Thakor
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2022

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments,[4]

  1. Kankrej Taluka
  2. Deesa Taluka (Part) Villages – Lunpur, Manekpura, Khardosan, Aseda, Nava, Sadarpur, Chhatrala, Mudetha, Yavarganj, Bodal, Jhabadiya, Bhadramali, Dharisana, Kanajhara, Samau Motavas, Saviyana, Velavapura, Samau Nana as.

Members of Legislative Assembly
Year Member Party
1967 Jayantilal Virchand Shah Indian National Congress[5]
1972 Shantilal Dhandhara[5]
1975 Mafatlal Panchani Indian National Congress[5]
1980 Shantilal Dhandhara Indian National Congress[5]
1985 Jayantilal Virchand Shah Janata Party[5]
1990 Dharshibhai Khanpura Janata Dal[5]
1995 Indian National Congress[5]
1998 Magansinh Vaghela[5]
2002 Dharshibhai Khanpura[5]
2007 Babubhai Desai Bharatiya Janata Party[5]
2012 Dharshibhai Khanpura Indian National Congress[5]
2017 Kirtisinh Vaghela[6] Bharatiya Janata Party
2022 Amrutji Motiji Thakor Indian National Congress

Election results

2022

Gujarat Assembly election, 2022:Kankrej Assembly constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Amrutji Motiji Thakor 96624 47.81
BJP Vaghela Kirtisinh Prabhatsinh 91329 45.19
AAP Mukeshkumar Somalal Thakkar 5061 2.5
NOTA None of the above 3811 1.89
Majority 2.62
Turnout
Registered electors 291,481 [7]

2017
Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Kankrej[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Kirtisinh Vaghela 95,131 49.65
INC Dineshji Jalera 86,543 45.17
None of the Above None of the Above 3,881 2.03
Majority 4.48
Turnout 1,91,587 75.97
BJP gain from INC Swing

2012
Gujarat Assembly Election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Dharshibhai Khanpura 73900 45.13
BJP Kirtisinh Vaghela 73300 44.76
Majority 600 0.37
Turnout 163751 71.74
INC gain from BJP Swing

See also

References
  1. "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  2. "Parliament / Assembly constituency wise PS & Electors Detail - Draft Roll - 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. "કોંગ્રેસ, ભાજપ અને અપક્ષ વચ્ચે કાંકરેજની બેઠક ઉપર જંગ જામશે" [Fight between Congress, BJP and Independents over the Kankrej seat]. Sandesh (in Gujarati). Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  6. "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2017". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  7. "Gujarat Legislative Elections". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

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