Radhanpur Assembly constituency

Radhanpur is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.^[2][3] It is part of Patan district and is numbered as 16-Radhanpur . It is one of the seven seats which make up Patan Lok Sabha constituency.

Radhanpur
Constituency No. 16 for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
District	Patan
Lok Sabha constituency	Patan
Established	1962
Total electors	302,907[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Lavingji Muljiji Solanki
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2022

Currently, Raghubhai Desai of INC is the Member of Legislative Assembly from Radhanpur.

List of segments

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

1. Radhanpur Taluka
2. Santalpur Taluka – Entire taluka except village – Kesargadh.
3. Sami Taluka (Part) Villages – Dadar, Dhadhana, Sherpura, Ranavada, Kharchariya, Gochnad, Bismillabad, Babri, Chandarni, Rampura, Jakhel, Godhana, Daudpur, Mandvi, Bhamathal, Mubarakpura, Sajupura, Nana Joravarpura, Matrota, Mota Joravarpura, Varana, Mahmadpura, Baspa, Kanij, Dadka, Umedpura, Lalpur, Adgam, Vahedpur, Sukhpura, Ved, Rupnagar, Bhadrada, Gajdinpura, Samsherpura, Sonar, Vaval, Jalalabad, Gujarvada, Jhilvana, Kathivada, Vaghpura, Rafu, Badarganj, Koddha, Anvarpura, Nani Chandur.

Members of Vidhan Sabha

• 1962 - Porania Devkaran Jivanlal (Congress)
• 1967 - R.K. Jadeja (SWA)
• 1972 - Nirmala Jhaveri (Congress)
• 1985 - Khodidan Zula (Congress)

Year	Member	Party
1962	Porania Devkaran Jivanlal		Indian National Congress[5]
1967	R. K. Jadeja		SWA[5]
1972	Nirmala Jhaveri		Indian National Congress[6]
1985	Khodidan Zula		Indian National Congress[7]
1995	Lavingji Muljiji Solanki		Independent politician
1996	Shankarsinh Vaghela		Bharatiya Janata Party
1998	Shankar Chaudhary
2002
2007
2012	Nagarji Thakor
2017	Alpesh Thakor[8]		Indian National Congress
2019★[9]	Raghubhai Desai
2022	Lavingji Thakor		Bharatiya Janata Party

★By election

Election results

2022

Gujarat Assembly election, 2022: Radhanpur Assembly constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Lavingji Thakor	104512	52.7
	INC	Raghubhai Merajbhai Desai	82045	41.37
	AAP	Thakor Lalabhai Raghubhai	2639	1.33
	NOTA	None of the above	3571	1.8
Majority				11.33
Turnout
Registered electors			302,728	[10]
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2019 Bypoll

By-election, 2019: Radhanpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Raghubhai Desai	77,410	45.52
	BJP	Alpesh Thakor	73,603	43.28
	NCP	Goklani Farsubhai Muljibhai	7,200	4.23
	None of the Above	None of the Above	2,793	1.64
Majority			3,807	2.24
Turnout			1,70,109	63.00
	INC hold		Swing

2017

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Radhanpur^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Alpesh Thakor	85,777	48.23
	BJP	Lavingji Thakor	70,920	39.88
Majority			14,857	8.35
Turnout			1,77,821
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2012

^[11]

2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Radhanpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nagarji Thakor	69,493	45.90
	INC	Bhavsinhji Rathod	65,660	43.37
Majority			3,834	2.53
Turnout			1,51,408	68.74
	BJP hold		Swing

1985 Vidhan Sabha

• Khodidan Bhimjibhai Zula (INC) : 50,574 votes
• Valjibhai Gangaram Thakker (BJP) : 6,788

See also

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