Palitana Assembly constituency

Palitana is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.^[2][3] It is part of Bhavnagar district.

Palitana
Constituency No. 102 for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
District	Bhavnagar
Lok Sabha constituency	Bhavnagar
Established	1972
Total electors	280,875[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Bhikhabhai Ravajibhai Baraiya
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2022

List of segments

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

1. Palitana Taluka
2. Sihor Taluka (Part) Villages – Agiyali, Ambla, Amargadh, Bekdi, Bhankhal, Bhutiya, Bordi, Budhana, Chorvadala, Devgana, Dhankan Kunda, Dhundhsar, Gadhula (?Gadhoola), Gundala, Ishvariya, Jambala, Kanad, Karmadiya, Khari, Lavarda, Limbaddhar, Madhada, Malvan, Meghvadar, Nava Jaliya, Panch Talavada, Panchvada, Padapan, Piparadi, Piparala, Rajpara, Ramdhari, Ratanpar, Sakhvadar, Sandhida, Sanosara, Sarkadia (Tana), Sarkadiya (Songadh), Sarvedi, Tana, Tarakpaldi, Thala, Thorali, Toda Todi, Varal, Vavdi (Gajabhai), Vavdi (Vachhani), Zariya

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Image	Party
2002	Mansukh L. Mandaviya			Bharatiya Janata Party
2007	Mahendrasinh Sarvaiya
2012	Pravin Rathod			Indian National Congress
2017	Bhikhabhai Ravajibhai Baraiya[5]			Bharatiya Janata Party
2022

Election candidate

2022

Gujarat Assembly election, 2022: Palitana Assembly constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhikhabhai Ravajibhai Baraiya	81568	48.77
	INC	Rathod Pravinbhai Jinabhai	53991	32.28
	AAP	Kheni Jinabhai Parshottambhai (Dr. Z. P. Kheni)	25019	14.96
	NOTA	None of the above	1930	1.15
Majority				16.49
Turnout
Registered electors			276,696	[6]
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

Election results

2017

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Palitana^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhikabhai Baraiya	69,479	46.46	+11.68
	INC	Pravinbhai Rathod	55,290	36.97	−6.85
	GJCP	Pravinbhai Gadhavi	7,784	5.21	New
Majority			14,189	9.49	+0.45
Turnout			1,49,543	59.86	−10.93
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2012

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pravinbhai Rathod	69,396	43.82	+11.91
	BJP	Mahendrasinh Sarvaiya	55,071	34.78	−16.75
	Independent	Arjunbhai Rupsangbhai Yadav	15,895	10.04	New
	GPP	Rasikbhai Bhingradiya	13,045	8.24	New
Majority			14,325	9.04	−10.58
Turnout			1,58,361
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2007

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mahendrasinh Sarvaiya	50,939	51.53	+5.92
	INC	Labhubhai Kantrodiya	31,545	31.91	−10.98
	Independent	Shantibhai Mavjibhai Kambad	8,871	8.97	New
Majority			19,394	19.62	+16.9
Turnout			98,855
	BJP hold		Swing

2002

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mansukh L. Mandaviya	40,495	45.61
	INC	Karshanbhai Bhikhabhai Vegad	38,079	42.89
	NCP	Parshotambhai Keshavbhai Patel	3,174	3.57
Majority			2,416	2.72
Turnout			88,793	57.62
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Gujarat Legislative Assembly
• Gujarat Legislative Assembly