Palitana Assembly constituency

Legislative Assembly constituency in Gujarat State, India

Palitana
Constituency No. 102 for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
District	Bhavnagar
LS constituency	Bhavnagar
Established	1972
Total electors	280,875^[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Bhikhabhai Ravajibhai Baraiya
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2022

Palitana is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.^[2]^[3] It is part of Bhavnagar district.

List of segments

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

Palitana Taluka
Sihor Taluka (Part) Villages – Agiyali, Ambla, Amargadh, Bekdi, Bhankhal, Bhutiya, Bordi, Budhana, Chorvadala, Devgana, Dhankan Kunda, Dhundhsar, Gadhula (?Gadhoola), Gundala, Ishvariya, Jambala, Kanad, Karmadiya, Khari, Lavarda, Limbaddhar, Madhada, Malvan, Meghvadar, Nava Jaliya, Panch Talavada, Panchvada, Padapan, Piparadi, Piparala, Rajpara, Ramdhari, Ratanpar, Sakhvadar, Sandhida, Sanosara, Sarkadia (Tana), Sarkadiya (Songadh), Sarvedi, Tana, Tarakpaldi, Thala, Thorali, Toda Todi, Varal, Vavdi (Gajabhai), Vavdi (Vachhani), Zariya

Year	Member
2002	Mansukh L. Mandaviya	Bharatiya Janata Party
2007	Mahendrasinh Sarvaiya	Bharatiya Janata Party
2012	Pravin Rathod	Indian National Congress
2017	Bhikhabhai Ravajibhai Baraiya^[5]	Bharatiya Janata Party
2022	Bhikhabhai Ravajibhai Baraiya^[5]	Bharatiya Janata Party

Gujarat Assembly election, 2022: Palitana Assembly constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Bhikhabhai Ravajibhai Baraiya	81568	48.77
	INC	Rathod Pravinbhai Jinabhai	53991	32.28
	AAP	Kheni Jinabhai Parshottambhai (Dr. Z. P. Kheni)	25019	14.96
	NOTA	None of the above	1930	1.15
Majority				16.49
Turnout
Registered electors			276,696	^[6]
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Palitana^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhikabhai Baraiya	69,479	46.46	+11.68
	INC	Pravinbhai Rathod	55,290	36.97	-6.85
	GJCP	Pravinbhai Gadhavi	7,784	5.21	New
Majority			14,189	9.49	+0.45
Turnout			1,49,543	59.86	-10.93
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pravinbhai Rathod	69,396	43.82	+11.91
	BJP	Mahendrasinh Sarvaiya	55,071	34.78	-16.75
	Independent	Arjunbhai Rupsangbhai Yadav	15,895	10.04	New
	GPP	Rasikbhai Bhingradiya	13,045	8.24	New
Majority			14,325	9.04	-10.58
Turnout			1,58,361
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mahendrasinh Sarvaiya	50,939	51.53	+5.92
	INC	Labhubhai Kantrodiya	31,545	31.91	-10.98
	Independent	Shantibhai Mavjibhai Kambad	8,871	8.97	New
Majority			19,394	19.62	+16.9
Turnout			98,855
	BJP hold		Swing

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Mansukh L. Mandaviya	40,495	45.61
	INC	Karshanbhai Bhikhabhai Vegad	38,079	42.89
	NCP	Parshotambhai Keshavbhai Patel	3,174	3.57
Majority			2,416	2.72
Turnout			88,793	57.62
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

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