Danta Assembly constituency

Danta is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.^[2][3] It is part of Banaskantha district .It is numbered as 10-Danta and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.

Danta
Constituency No. 10 for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
District	Banaskantha
Lok Sabha constituency	Banaskantha
Established	1967
Total electors	257,978[1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kantibhai Kharadi
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2022

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments,^[4]

1. Amirgadh Taluka
2. Danta Taluka

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member[5]	Party
1985	Baldevsinh D. Veghela		Indian National Congress
1990	Kachoriya Kantibhai Dharamdas		Bharatiya Janata Party
1995
1998	Mukesh Gadhvi		Indian National Congress
2002
2007
2009^	Vasant Bhatol		Bharatiya Janata Party
2012	Kantibhai Kharadi		Indian National Congress
2017
2022

^: bypoll

Election Results

2022

Gujarat Assembly election, 2022:Danta Assembly constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kharadi Kantibhai Kalabhai	85134	46.42
	BJP	Parghi Latubhai Chandabhai	78807	42.97
	AAP	Bumbadiya Mahendrabhai Kesharabhai	12181	6.64
	NOTA	None of the above	5213	2.84
Majority			6,327	3.45
Turnout
Registered electors			257,655	[6]

2017

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2017: Danta^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kantibhai Kharadi	86,129	52.88	+2.28
	BJP	Maljibhai Kodarvi	61,477	37.74	+5.66
Majority				15.14
Turnout			1,62,880	74.36	−0.59
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2012

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kantibhai Kharadi	73,751	50.64
	BJP	Gamabhai Kharadi	46,761	32.11
	Independent	Mahendrabhai Bumbariya	12,432	8.54
	Independent	Somabhai Solanki	8,419	5.78
Majority			26,990	18.53
Turnout			145,647	74.90
	INC hold		Swing

2007

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mukesh Gadhvi	74,895	54.64
	BJP	Javansinh Solanki	41,952	30.61
	Independent	Parthabhai Bumbariya	11,039	8.05
	BSP	Khimajibhai Balat	4,164	3.04
Majority			32,943	24.03
Turnout			137061	60.72
	INC hold		Swing

2002

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mukesh Gadhvi	82545	61.14
	BJP	Hareshbhai Jani	52455	38.86
Majority			30090	22.29
Turnout			135000	65.65
	INC hold		Swing

1998

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mukesh Gadhvi	49033	44.20
	BJP	Kantibhai Kachoriya	28906	26.05
Majority			20127	18.14
Turnout			117809	68.41
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

1995

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kantibhai Kachoriya	59705	47.50
	INC	Nurmahmadbhai Umatiya	48016	38.20
Majority			11689	9.30
Turnout			131378	76.88
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

1990

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kantibhai Kachoriya	29774	37.66
	JD	Narpatsinh Chawda	21638	30.61
Majority			8136	10.29
Turnout			81047	55.05
	BJP gain from JD		Swing

1985

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1985

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Baldevsinh Vaghela	26438	57.16
	JP	Ibrahim Habibbhai	18772	40.59
Majority			7666	16.58
Turnout			81047	55.05
	INC gain from JP		Swing

1980

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Harisinh Chavda	22703	50.16
	INC	Abdulrehman Memon	22557	49.84
Majority			8136	10.29
Turnout			81047	55.05
	BJP gain from JD		Swing

1975

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1975

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(O)	Harisinh Chavda	17148	45.79
	INC	Bhairavdan Gadhavi	12284	32.80
Majority			4864	12.99
Turnout			40508	49.52
	INC(O) gain from INC		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
• Banaskantha district