Valsad Lok Sabha constituency

Valsad (formerly Bulsar) is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Gujarat state in western India. This seat is considered a bellwether seat in India. It is believed that the party which wins this seat will form the central government.^[1]

Valsad
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
Assembly constituencies	Dangs Vansada Dharampur Valsad Pardi Kaprada Umbergaon
Established	1957
Reservation	ST
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Dhaval Laxmanbhai Patel
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

Presently, Valsad Lok Sabha constituency comprises seven Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:^[2]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	MLA	Party	Party Leading (in 2024)
173	Dangs	ST	Dang	Vijaybhai Patel	BJP	BJP
177	Vansada	ST	Navsari	Anant Patel	INC	INC
178	Dharampur	ST	Valsad	Arvind Patel	BJP	INC
179	Valsad	None	Valsad	Bharat Patel	BJP	BJP
180	Pardi	None	Valsad	Kanubhai Desai	BJP	BJP
181	Kaprada	ST	Valsad	Jitubhai Chaudhri	BJP	INC
182	Umbergaon	ST	Valsad	Raman Patkar	BJP	BJP

Members of Parliament

Year	Winner	Party
1957	Nanubhai Patel		Indian National Congress
1962
1967
1971			Indian National Congress
1977			Janata Party
1980	Uttambhai Patel		Indian National Congress
1984			Indian National Congress
1989	Arjunbhai Patel		Janata Dal
1991	Uttambhai Patel		Indian National Congress
1996	Manibhai Chaudhary		Bharatiya Janata Party
1998
1999
2004	Kishanbhai Vestabhai Patel		Indian National Congress
2009
2014	K C Patel		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024	Dhaval Patel

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Valsad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dhaval Laxmanbhai Patel	764,226	56.13	5.12
	INC	Anant Patel	5,53,522	40.66	7.48
	NOTA	None of the Above	18,373	1.35	0.18
	BSP	Manakbhai Jatrubhai Shankar	7,499	0.55	0.67
	Independent	Ramanbhai Karshanbhai Patel	6,745	0.50	N/A
	Independent	Chiragkumar Bharatbhai Patel	3,440	0.25	N/A
Majority			2,10,704	15.48	12.59
Turnout			13,63,008	73.27	2.21
	BJP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Valsad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. K. C. Patel	771,980	61.25
	INC	Jitubhai Chaudhari	4,18,183	33.18
	BSP	Kishorbhai Patel	15,359	1.22
	BTP	Pankajbhai Patel	9,536	0.76
	NOTA	None of the Above	19,307	1.53
Majority			3,53,797	28.07
Turnout			12,61,364	75.48
	BJP hold		Swing

General elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Valsad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. K. C. Patel	6,17,772	55.05
	INC	Kishanbhai Vestabhai Patel	4,09,768	36.51
	NOTA	None of the Above	26,606	2.37
Majority			2,08,004	18.54
Turnout			11,23,182	74.28
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

See also

• Valsad district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha