Vejalpur Assembly constituency

Vejalpur is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.^[2][3] It is part of Ahmedabad district and it came into existence after 2008 delimitation.

Vejalpur
Constituency No. 42 for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
District	Ahmedabad
Lok Sabha constituency	Gandhinagar
Established	2008
Total electors	388,893[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Amit Thaker
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2022

List of segments

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

1. Ahmedabad City Taluka (Part) Villages – Vastrapur, Maktampur, Gyaspur, Vejalpur (M), Makarba (CT), Sarkhej-Okaf (M), Jodhpur (M).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political Party
2012	Kishor Chauhan		Bharatiya Janata Party
2017[5]
2022	Amit Thaker

Election results

2022

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2022: Vejalpur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Amit Thaker	128,049	56.18	+2.75
	INC	Rajendra Patel (Rajubhai Makarba)	68398	30.01	−13.18
	AAP	Kalpesh Patel (Bholabhai)	22194	9.74	New
	AIMIM	Zainab Shaikh	2313	1.01
	RRP	Parthiv Vijaykumar Dave	132	0.06	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2890	1.27
Majority			59,651	26.17
Turnout			227943
Registered electors			380,533
	BJP hold		Swing

2017

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kishor Babulal Chauhan	117,748	53.43	−4.73
	INC	Mihirbhai Shah	95,181	43.19	+6.03
Majority			22,567	10.24	−10.76
Turnout			2,20,397	67.40	−3.98
Registered electors			326,977	[5]
	BJP hold		Swing

2012

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2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Vejalpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kishor Babulal Chauhan	1,13,507	58.16
	INC	Murjtujakhan Akbarkhan Pathan	72,522	37.16
Majority			40,985	21.00
Turnout			1,95,162	71.38
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

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