Coordinates : 22°11′N 73°07′E / 22.18°N 73.12°E / 22.18; 73.12
Vadodara (formerly Baroda Lok Sabha constituency ) (Gujarati : વડોદરા લોકસભા મતવિસ્તાર ) is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian parliament) constituencies in Gujarat , a state in Western India . This constituency covers the entire Vadodara district and first held elections in 1957 as Baroda Lok Sabha constituency in erstwhile Bombay State (present day Gujarat).[ 2] It has been known as Vadodara since the 2009 elections. Its first member of parliament (MP) was Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad of the Indian National Congress (INC) who was also re-elected in the next elections in 1962. He was the Maharaja of Baroda of the Gaekwad dynasty at the time.[ 3] P. C. Patel of the Swatantra Party won the election in 1967. From 1971–80, Gaekwad was MP of this constituency again firstly as a member of the Indian National Congress (Organisation) and then as a member of the INC. His younger brother, Ranjitsinh Pratapsinh Gaekwad also of the INC represented the constituency from 1980–89 for two terms before being defeated by Prakash Brahmbhatt of the Janata Dal party in the 1989 election.[ 4]
In 1991, television actress Deepika Chikhalia of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the seat. She was best known at the time for playing Sita , Hindu god Rama 's consort in the highly popular television adaptation of the Hindu religious epic, Ramayan .[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] Satyasinh Dilipsinh Gaekwad of the INC won the election in 1996. In all, three members of the Gaekwad royal family have represented this seat as a MP.[ 4] The constituency has been represented by a member of the BJP since 1998: Jayaben Thakkar served for three terms from 1998 to 2009 and Balkrishna Khanderao Shukla served one term from 2009 to 2014. The current prime minister, Narendra Modi won the seat in the 2014 elections by a victory margin of 570,128 votes, which was the second highest ever in a Lok Sabha election.[ 8] [ a] However he chose to vacate the seat on the 29th of May to comply with election rules barring a MP from representing two constituencies and instead retained his seat in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh .[ 11] In the subsequent by election, Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt of the BJP was elected and currently represents the constituency as its MP.
Assembly Segment [ edit ]
Members of Parliament [ edit ]
Election results [ edit ]
By election 2014 [ edit ]
2014 Bye Election: Vadodara[ 12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
BJP
Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt
5,26,763
71.93
-0.86
INC
Narendra Ambalal Ravat
1,97,256
26.94
+3.24
Independent
Govind Bhikhabhai Parmar
4,788
0.65
N/A
Independent
Pareshbhai Shankarlal Patel (Dattu)
3,532
0.48
N/A
NOTA
None of the above
14,257
1.95
+0.40
Margin of victory
329,507
44.99
-4.09
Turnout
7,46,769
45.57
-25.33
BJP hold
Swing
General election 2014 [ edit ]
Indian general elections, 2014 : Vadodara[ 13] [ 14]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
BJP
Narendra Modi
8,45,464
72.75
+15.35
INC
Madhusudan Devram Mistri
2,75,336
23.69
-15.48
AAP
Sunil Digambar Kulkarni
10,101
0.87
N/A
BSP
Rohit Madhusudan Mohanbhai
5,782
0.50
-0.32
SUCI(C)
Tapan Dasgupta
2,249
0.19
N/A
SP
Sahebkhan Asifkhan Pathan
2,101
0.18
N/A
JD(U)
Ambalal Kanabhai Jadav
1,382
0.12
N/A
Apna Desh Party
Pathan Mahemudkhan Razakkhan
1,109
0.10
N/A
NOTA
None of the Above
18,053
1.55
N/A
Majority
5,70,128
49.06
+30.85
Turnout
11,61,577
70.90
+21.88
BJP hold
Swing
+15.39
General election 2009 [ edit ]
Indian general election, 2009 : Vadodara[ 15]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
BJP
Balkrishna Khanderao Shukla
428,833
57.40
+8.95
INC
Satyajitsinh Dulipsinh Gaekwad
292,805
39.19
-8.25
Independent
Vasava Harilal Shanabhai
9,896
1.32
N/A
BSP
Purohit Vinaykumar Ramanbhai
6,163
0.82
-0.52
Independent
Girishbhai Madhavlal Bhavsar
4,087
0.55
N/A
Independent
Tapan Dasgupta (Tapanbhai)
2,917
0.39
-0.41
Independent
Thavardas Amulrai Choithani
2,428
0.32
N/A
Majority
136,028
18.21
+17.20
Turnout
747,129
49.02
BJP hold
Swing
+8.95
General election 2004 [ edit ]
General election 1999 [ edit ]
General election 1998 [ edit ]
Indian general election, 1998 : Baroda[ 18]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
BJP
Jayaben Bharatkumar Thakkar
387,798
49.36
+18.40
INC
Satyasinh Duleepsinh Gaekwad
335,381
42.68
+11.71
All India Rashtriya Janata Party
Deviyanidevi Ashokraje Gaekwad
52,909
6.73
N/A
SP
Bharwad Ranubhai Bhikhabhai
5,404
0.70
N/A
Ajeya Bharat Party
Raste Janardan Gopal
2,992
0.38
N/A
Independent
Gandotra S. M.
1,180
0.15
N/A
Margin of victory
52,417
6.68
+6.67
Turnout
814,838
58.02
+26.71
BJP gain from INC
Swing
General election 1996 [ edit ]
General election 1991 [ edit ]
General election 1989 [ edit ]
Indian general election, 1989 : Baroda[ 21]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Janata Dal
Prakash Koko Brahmbhatt
346,397
50.59
N/A
INC
Ranjitsinh Pratapsinh Gaekwad
293,499
42.87
-12.12
Independent
Bandukwala Juzar Salebhai
30,195
4.41
N/A
Independent
S. L. Patel
7,787
1.14
+0.40
Independent
Jaspal Singh
1,828
0.27
N/A
Doordarshi Party
Jayaben Thakkar
1,558
0.23
-0.26
Independent
Prem Jayprakash B. Prem
1,102
0.16
N/A
Lok Dal
Saiyed Abdulazizjjalaludin
949
0.14
N/A
Independent
Sadariy Atmaram Bhikhabhai
581
0.08
N/A
Independent
Kanchanbhai Kalabhai Rohit
413
0.06
N/A
Independent
Vaghela Piyushkumar Lalgibhai
396
0.06
N/A
Margin of victory
52,898
7.72
-20.47
Turnout
704,314
63.49
+0.76
Janata Dal gain from INC
Swing
General election 1984 [ edit ]
Indian general election, 1984 : Baroda[ 22]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
INC
Ranjitsinh Pratapsinh Gaekwad
296,716
54.99
-1.68
BJP
Jaspalsing Niranjansing
144,614
26.80
N/A
Janata Party
Patel Manubhai Motibhai
65,381
12.12
-24.15
Independent
Dangiwala Abdulaji Gulamhusain
4,939
0.92
N/A
Independent
S. L. Patel
4,014
0.74
N/A
Doordarshi Party
Pandya Kiran Balkrushna
2,660
0.49
N/A
Independent
Vasava Harilal Punabhai
2,249
0.42
N/A
Independent
Makwana Bhogibhai Purushotambhai
1,635
0.30
N/A
Independent
Gandotra S. M.
1,404
0.26
N/A
Independent
Raulji Kodarbhai Takhatsinh
936
0.17
N/A
Independent
Prakash Patel (Dadh)
922
0.17
N/A
Independent
Rana Shanabhai Dhulabhai
572
0.11
N/A
Margin of victory
152,102
28.19
+7.79
Turnout
539,616
62.73
-1.65
INC hold
Swing
General election 1980 [ edit ]
Indian general election, 1980 : Baroda[ 23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
INC(I)
Ranjitsinh Pratapsinh Gaekwad
265,277
56.67
+2.49
Janata Party
Patel Prabhudas Khushalbhai
169,784
36.27
N/A
INC(U)
Ashwinkumar Chimanlal Shah
10,633
2.27
N/A
Independent
Thakor Shah
2,875
0.61
N/A
Independent
Patel Dushyant Ramjibhai
2,134
0.46
N/A
Independent
Oza Mohan Maneklal
2,051
0.44
N/A
Independent
Gandotra Shyamsunder (Swami Trimurti)
1,553
0.33
N/A
Independent
Gandotra Vina S.
1,481
0.32
N/A
Margin of victory
95,493
20.40
+10.28
Turnout
468,156
64.38
-4.76
INC(I) gain from INC
Swing
+2.49
General election 1977 [ edit ]
General election 1971 [ edit ]
General election 1967 [ edit ]
General election 1962 [ edit ]
General election 1957 [ edit ]
See also [ edit ]
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