Dhoraji Assembly constituency

Legislative Assembly constituency in Gujarat State, India

Dhoraji
Constituency No. 75 for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
District	Rajkot
LS constituency	Porbandar
Established	1990
Total electors	268,706^[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Dr. Mahendrabhai Padalia
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2022

Dhoraji is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.^[2]^[3] It is part of Rajkot district, and is one of the 8 assembly seats under Porbandar.

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments,^[4]

Upleta Taluka
Dhoraji Taluka

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1990	Vitthalbhai Radadiya^[5]	Bharatiya Janata Party
1995		Bharatiya Janata Party
1998		Rashtriya Janata Party
2002		Indian National Congress
2007		Indian National Congress
2009^	Jayesh Radadiya^[5]	Indian National Congress
2012	Vitthalbhai Radadiya	Indian National Congress
2013^	Pravin Makadiya^[5]	Bharatiya Janata Party
2017	Lalit Vasoya^[5]	Indian National Congress
2022	Dr. Mahendrabhai Padalia	Bharatiya Janata Party

2009^ (by-poll) - Jayesh Radadiya, after his father Vitthal Radadiya became an MP and gave up his Vidhan Saha seat
2012 - Vitthalbhai Radadiya, Congress
- Vitthalbhai Radadiya joined BJP soon after the 2012 election and resigned from the assembly
2013^ (by-poll)

Election results

2022

Gujarat Assembly election, 2022:Dhoraji Assembly constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Dr. Mahendrabhai Padalia	66430	42.84
	INC	Lalit Vasoya	54182	34.95
	AAP	Vipul Sakhiya^[6]	29794	19.22
	BSP	Prabhat Govind Solanki	1577	1.02
	NOTA	None of the above	1620	1.04
Majority			12,248	7.89
Turnout
Registered electors			266,718	^[7]

2017

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Dhoraji^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Lalit Vasoya
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Registered electors			250,620	^[5]
Turnout

2013

2013 Gujarat Legislative Assembly By election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	BJP	Pravin Makadiya	44,751
	INC	Haribhai Patel	33,254
Majority			11,497
Turnout
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2012

^[9]

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Vitthalbhai Radadiya	76189	46.44
	BJP	Haribhai Patel	73246	44.65
Majority			2943	1.79
Turnout			164045	70.86
	INC hold		Swing

References

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^ "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.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2017". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
^ "AAP releases second list of 9 candidates for Gujarat Assembly polls". The Week. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
^ "Gujarat Legislative Elections". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ "BJP's victory in all 6 Gujarat by elections an ultimatum to Congress: CM". 5 June 2013.
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