Kankrej Assembly constituency

Kankrej 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 15-Kankrej.

Kankrej
Constituency No. 15 for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
District	Banaskantha
Lok Sabha constituency	Patan
Established	1967
Total electors	291,577[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Amrutji Motiji Thakor
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2022

List of segments

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

1. Kankrej Taluka
2. Deesa Taluka (Part) Villages – Lunpur, Manekpura, Khardosan, Aseda, Nava, Sadarpur, Chhatrala, Mudetha, Yavarganj, Bodal, Jhabadiya, Bhadramali, Dharisana, Kanajhara, Samau Motavas, Saviyana, Velavapura, Samau Nana as.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1967	Jayantilal Virchand Shah		Indian National Congress[5]
1972	Shantilal Dhandhara[5]
1975	Mafatlal Panchani		Indian National Congress[5]
1980	Shantilal Dhandhara		Indian National Congress[5]
1985	Jayantilal Virchand Shah		Janata Party[5]
1990	Dharshibhai Khanpura		Janata Dal[5]
1995			Indian National Congress[5]
1998	Magansinh Vaghela[5]
2002	Dharshibhai Khanpura[5]
2007	Babubhai Desai		Bharatiya Janata Party[5]
2012	Dharshibhai Khanpura		Indian National Congress[5]
2017	Kirtisinh Vaghela[6]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2022	Amrut Thakor		Indian National Congress

Election results

2022

Gujarat Assembly election, 2022:Kankrej Assembly constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Amrutji Motiji Thakor	96624	47.81
	BJP	Vaghela Kirtisinh Prabhatsinh	91329	45.19
	AAP	Mukeshkumar Somalal Thakkar	5061	2.5
	NOTA	None of the above	3811	1.89
Majority				2.62
Turnout
Registered electors			291,481	[7]

2017

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Kankrej^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kirtisinh Vaghela	95,131	49.65
	INC	Dineshji Jalera	86,543	45.17
	None of the Above	None of the Above	3,881	2.03
Majority				4.48
Turnout			1,91,587	75.97
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2012

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dharshibhai Khanpura	73900	45.13
	BJP	Kirtisinh Vaghela	73300	44.76
Majority			600	0.37
Turnout			163751	71.74
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

See also

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