Panchmahal Lok Sabha constituency (Gujarati: પંચમહાલ લોકસભા મતવિસ્તાર) is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian Parliament) constituencies in Gujarat, a state in western India. This constituency was created as a part of the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008. It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Prabhatsinh Pratapsinh Chauhan of the Bharatiya Janata Party. As of the latest elections in 2014, Chauhan represents this constituency.
Assembly segments
As of 2014, Panchmahal Lok Sabha constituency comprises seven Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:
| Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) |
District | MLA | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119 | Thasra | None | Kheda | Kantibhai Parmar | INC |
| 121 | Balasinor | None | Kheda | Ajitsinh Dabhi | INC |
| 122 | Lunawada | None | Mahisagar | Jigneshbhai Sevak | BJP |
| 124 | Shehra | None | Panchmahal | Jethabhai Bharwad | BJP |
| 125 | Morva Hadaf | ST | Panchmahal | Nimishben Suthar | BJP |
| 126 | Godhra | None | Panchmahal | C. K. Raulji | BJP |
| 127 | Kalol | None | Panchmahal | Sumanben Chauhan | BJP |
Members of Parliament
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Prabhatsinh Pratapsinh Chauhan | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2014 | |||
| 2019 | Ratansinh Rathod | ||
Election results
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ratansinh Rathod | 732,136 | 67.56 | +13.11 | |
| INC | Khant Vechatbhai Kuberbhai | 3,03,595 | 28.02 | -8.07 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 20,133 | 1.86 | -1.92 | |
| NCP | Virendra Parsottamdas Patel | 9,826 | 0.91 | +0.91 | |
| IND | Lalabhai Gadhvi | 9,212 | +0.85 | +0.85 | |
| Margin of victory | 4,28,541 | 39.53 | +21.25 | ||
| Turnout | 10,85,718 | 62.23 | +2.93 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
General election 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Prabhatsinh Pratapsinh Chauhan | 5,08,274 | 54.45 | +7.95 | |
| INC | Ramsinh Parmar | 3,37,678 | 36.17 | -9.98 | |
| BSP | Ramchandra Giri | 15,956 | 1.71 | -0.04 | |
| Independent | Vankar Manilal Bhanabhai | 11,375 | 1.22 | N/A | |
| Independent | Mansuri Mukhatyar Mohammad | 10,857 | 1.16 | N/A | |
| AAP | Piyushkumar Dilipbhai Parmar | 6,935 | 0.74 | N/A | |
| Independent | Patel Pankajbhai Ravjibhai | 5,426 | 0.58 | N/A | |
| Independent | Chavada Harishchandrasinh Prabhatsinh | 3,751 | 0.40 | N/A | |
| Independent | S. N. Chavada | 2,401 | 0.26 | N/A | |
| SP | Shaikh Kalim Abdullatif | 1,993 | 0.21 | N/A | |
| Independent | Gora Shoeb Mohmadhanif | 1,497 | 0.16 | N/A | |
| JD(U) | Shaikh Majitmiya Jivamiya | 1,337 | 0.14 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 25,981 | 2.78 | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 1,70,596 | 18.28 | +17.93 | ||
| Turnout | 9,35,016 | 59.30 | +16.68 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
General election 2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Prabhatsinh Pratapsinh Chauhan | 2,82,079 | 46.50 | N/A | |
| INC | Shankersinh Vaghela | 2,79,998 | 46.15 | N/A | |
| LJP | Kalim Shaikh | 23,615 | 3.89 | N/A | |
| BSP | Barot Prakashkumar Maneklal | 10,637 | 1.75 | N/A | |
| ABMSD | Mansuri Mukhtyar Mohammad | 10,328 | 1.70 | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 2,081 | 0.35 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 6,07,005 | 42.65 | N/A | ||
| BJP win (new seat) | |||||