Banaskantha Lok Sabha constituency

Banaskantha
Banaskantha
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
Assembly constituencies	Vav; Tharad; Dhanera; Danta; Palanpur; Deesa; Deodar
Established	1952
Total electors	19,61,924 (2024)
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Geniben Thakor
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Banaskantha is one of the 26 Lok Sabha constituencies in Gujarat, state in western India.

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Constituency no.	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	MLA
7	Vav	None	Banaskantha	Swarupji Thakor	BJP	BJP
8	Tharad	None	Banaskantha	Shankar Chaudhary	BJP	BJP
9	Dhanera	None	Banaskantha	Mavjibhai Desai	IND	BJP
10	Danta	(ST)	Banaskantha	Kantibhai Kharadi	INC	INC
12	Palanpur	None	Banaskantha	Aniket Thaker	BJP	INC
13	Deesa	None	Banaskantha	Pravin Mali	BJP	BJP
14	Deodar	None	Banaskantha	Keshaji Chauhan	BJP	INC

Year	Winner
1952	Akbarbhai Chavda	Indian National Congress
1957	Akbarbhai Chavda
1962	Zohraben Chavda
1967	Manubhai Amersey	Swatantra Party
1969^	S. K. Patil (bye-poll)	Indian National Congress
1971	Popatlal Joshi	Indian National Congress
1977	Motibhai Chaudhary	Janata Party
1980	B.K. Gadhvi	Indian National Congress
1984	B.K. Gadhvi	Indian National Congress
1989	Jayantilal Shah	Janata Dal
1991	Harisinh Chavda	Bharatiya Janata Party
1996	B.K. Gadhvi	Indian National Congress
1998	Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary	Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary	Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Harisinh Chavda	Indian National Congress
2009	Mukeshkumar Bheiravdanji Gadhvi	Indian National Congress
2013^	Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary	Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary
2019	Parbatbhai Patel
2024	Geniben Thakor	Indian National Congress

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Geniben Thakor	671,883	48.83	20.63
	BJP	Rekhaben Hiteshbhai Chaudhary	6,41,477	46.62	15.00
	BSP	Mansungbhai Mashrubhai Parmar	9,929	0.72
	NOTA	None of the above	22,167	1.61
Majority			30,406	2.21
Turnout			13,78,128	70.19
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Parbatbhai Patel	679,108	61.62	+4.39
	INC	Parthibhai Galbabhai Bhatol	3,10,812	28.20	−6.23
	Independent	Thakor Swarupji Sardarji	48,634	4.41	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	12,728	1.15	−0.81
	BSP	Tejabhai Nethibhai Rabari	11,088	1.01
Majority			3,68,296	33.42	+10.62
Turnout			11,03,739	65.03	+6.49
	BJP hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary^[4]	5,07,856	57.23	+3.02
	INC	Joitabhai Kasnabhai Patel	3,05,522	34.43	−7.11
	NOTA	None of the Above	17,397	1.96	−−−
	BSP	Parsotamgiri Turantgiri Mahant	11,175	1.26	−−−
	Independent	Babaji Thakor	10,897	1.23	−−−
Majority			2,02,334	22.80	+10.13
Turnout			8,87,336	58.54	+19.81
	BJP hold		Swing	+3.02

Vidhan Sabha segments

Bye-election, 2013: Banaskantha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary	3,07,988	54.21	+11.02
	INC	Krishnaben Mukeshkumar Gadhvi	2,36,011	41.54	−3.24
	Independent	S. S. Bharmabhai	7,706	1.36	−−−
	Independent	C. A. Nasirbhai	6,188	1.06	−−−
	Independent	R. A. Rugjibhai	3,255	0.57	−−−
Margin of victory			71,977	12.67	+11.08
Turnout			5,68,276	38.74	−11.09
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+9.43

2009 Indian general elections: Banaskantha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Mukeshkumar Bheiravdanji Gadhvi ^[5]	2,89,409	44.78
	BJP	Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary	2,79,108	43.19
	Independent	Ashokbhai Balchandbhai Shrimali	20,524	3.18
	Independent	Aaiyubbhai Ibrahimbhai Sipai	15,801	2.45
	BSP	Chetanbhai Kalabhai Solanki	11,867	1.84
Majority			10,154	1.59
Turnout			6,46,231	49.83
	INC hold		Swing

2004 Indian general elections: Banaskantha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Harisinh Chavda	3,01,148	46.85
	BJP	Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary	2,94,220	45.77
	Independent	Ashokbhai Balchandbhai Shrimali	23,972	3.72
	Independent	Bhopaji Majirana	9,270	1.44
	BSP	Babulal Vidaja	8,258	1.28
Majority			6,928	1.08
Turnout			6,42,698	48.99
	INC gain from BJP		Swing