Morbi Assembly constituency

Morbi is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.^[2][3] It is part of Morbi district. It is numbered as 65-Morbi.

Morbi
Constituency No. 65 for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
District	Morbi
Lok Sabha constituency	Kachchh
Established	2007
Total electors	286,905[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kantilal Shivlal Amrutiya
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2022

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments^[4]

1. Maliya-Miyana Taluka
2. Morbi Taluka (Part) Villages – Sokhda, Bahadurgadh, Nava Nagdavas, Piludi, Rapar, Aniyari, Jetpar, Vaghpar, Juna Nagdavas, Gungan, Gala, Sapar, Jasmatgadh, Chakampar, Zinkiyali, Jivapar Chakampar, Kerala, Haripar, Nava Sadulka, Ravapar Nadi, Juna Sadulka, Bela Rangpar, Rangpar, Sanala (Talaviya), Timbdi, Dharampur, Amreli, Mahendranagar, Madhapar, Bhadiyad, Morbi (M), Trajpar

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2007	Kantilal Amrutiya		Bharatiya Janata Party
2012
2017	Brijesh Merja		Indian National Congress
2020 (By election)			Bharatiya Janata Party
2022	Kantilal Shivlal Amrutiya[5]

Election results

2022

2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Morbi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Amrutiya Kantilal Shivlal Bharatiya	1,14,538	59.21	14.14
	INC	Patel Jayantilal Jerajbhai	52,459	27.12	14.71
	AAP	Pankaj Kantilal Ransariya	17,544	9.07	New
	Independent	Siraj Amirali Popatiya	2,244	1.16	−−−
	NOTA	None of the above	1,176	0.61	−−−
Majority			62,079	32.09
Turnout			1,93,450	67.4
	BJP hold		Swing

2020

A by-election was needed as the sitting MLA, Brijesh Merja, resigned from the assembly and his party.^[6] He won the by-election as the candidate for the BJP.^[7]

By-election, 2020: Morbi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Brijesh Merja	64,711	45.07	1.96
	INC	Jayantilan Jerajbhai Patel	60,062	41.83	9.14
Majority			4,649	3.24	1.53
Turnout			1,43,577	52.88	20.56
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2017

2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Morbi^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Brijesh Merja	89,396	50.97	4.67
	BJP	Kantilal Shivlal Amrutiya	85,977	47.03	0.98
Majority			3,419	1.71	−−−
Turnout			1,75,373	73.44	−−−
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2012

2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Morbi^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kantilal Amrutiya	77,386	48.01	−−−
	INC	Brijesh Merja	74,626	46.30	−−−
Majority			2,760	1.71	−−−
Turnout			1,61,183	73.44	−−−
	BJP hold		Swing

See also

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