Morbi Assembly constituency

Morbi is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.[2][3] It is part of Morbi district. It is numbered as 65-Morbi.

Morbi
Constituency for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionWestern India
StateGujarat
DistrictMorbi
LS constituencyKachchh
Total electors256,015[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2022

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments[4]

  1. Maliya-Miyana Taluka
  2. Morbi Taluka (Part) Villages – Sokhda, Bahadurgadh, Nava Nagdavas, Piludi, Rapar, Aniyari, Jetpar, Vaghpar, Juna Nagdavas, Gungan, Gala, Sapar, Jasmatgadh, Chakampar, Zinkiyali, Jivapar Chakampar, Kerala, Haripar, Nava Sadulka, Ravapar Nadi, Juna Sadulka, Bela Rangpar, Rangpar, Sanala (Talaviya), Timbdi, Dharampur, Amreli, Mahendranagar, Madhapar, Bhadiyad, Morbi (M), Trajpar

Members of Legislative Assembly
Election Member Party
2007 Kantilal Amrutiya Bharatiya Janata Party
2012
2017 Brijesh Merja Indian National Congress
2020 (By election) Bharatiya Janata Party
2022 Kantilal Shivlal Amrutiya[5]

Election results

2022

2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Morbi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Amrutiya Kantilal Shivlal Bharatiya 1,14,538 59.21
INC Patel Jayantilal Jerajbhai 52,459 27.12
AAP Pankaj Kantilal Ransariya 17,544 9.07
Independent Siraj Amirali Popatiya 2,244 1.16
NOTA None of the above 1,176 0.61
Majority 32.09
Turnout 1,93,450
BJP hold Swing

2020

A by-election was needed as the sitting MLA, Brijesh Merja, resigned from the assembly and his party.[6] He won the by-election as the candidate for the BJP.[7]

By-election, 2020: Morbi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Brijesh Merja 64,711 45.07
INC Jayantilan Jerajbhai Patel 60,062 41.83
Majority 4,649 3.24
Turnout 1,43,577 52.88
BJP gain from INC Swing

2017
2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Morbi[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Brijesh Merja 89,396 50.97
BJP Kantilal Shivlal Amrutiya 85,977 47.03
Majority 3,419 1.71
Turnout 1,75,373 73.44
Registered electors 256,015 [1]
INC gain from BJP Swing

2012
2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Morbi[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Kantilal Amrutiya 77,386 48.01
INC Brijesh Merja 74,626 46.30
Majority 2,760 1.71
Turnout 1,61,183 73.44
BJP hold Swing

See also

References
  1. "Gujarat Assembly Elections -2017" (PDF). Ceo.gujarat.gov.in.
  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. "2022 Gujrat Assembly Election Results - Morbi". www.results.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  6. "Third wicket down: Congress' Brijesh Merja resigns from his post ahead of RS polls in Gujarat". Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  7. India Today. "Gujarat Bypoll Results 2020: BJP wins all 8 seats, Congress turncoat bags Abdasa seat". Archived from the original on 5 October 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  8. "Gujarat Assembly Elections -2012" (PDF). Ceo.gujarat.gov.in. Retrieved 10 March 2015.

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