Dhoraji Assembly constituency

Dhoraji assembly constituency (ધોરાજી વિધાનસભા બેઠક) is one of the 182 assembly constituency of Gujarat. It is located in Rajkot District, and is one of the 8 assembly seats under Porbandar.

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments,^[1]

Upleta Taluka .
Dhoraji Taluka

Total Number of Voters

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Election	Polling Stations	Male Voters	Female Voters	Others	Total Voters
2014	254	127231	116102	0	243333

Member of Legislative Assembly

1990 - Vitthalbhai Radadiya, Bharatiya Janata Party
1995 - Vitthalbhai Radadiya, Bharatiya Janata Party
1998 - Vitthalbhai Radadiya, Vaghela's Party
2002 - Vitthalbhai Radadiya, Congress
2007 - Vitthalbhai Radadiya, Congress
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) - Pravin Makadiya, Bharatiya Janata Party
2017 - Lalit Vasoya (Congress)

Election results

2013

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

2012

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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

^ "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.
^ http://ceo.gujarat.gov.in/download/PCAC.pdf
^ http://www.narendramodi.in/bjp%E2%80%99s-victory-in-all-6-gujarat-by-elections-an-ultimatum-to-congress-cm/
^ http://ceo.gujarat.gov.in/download/Detail_Report_AC2012.pdf