Constituency
179. Valsad
Community mirrorGujarat · Gujarat Assembly Election, 2017
GJ-VALSAD
BJP 60.5%won by 25.6%INC 34.9%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 22.9% to 25.6%.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.4% to 69.0%.
- Safe seatBharatiya Janata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,43,884
Turnout
69.0%
Valid votes
1,68,175
Margin
43,092
25.62%
Candidates
8 contested · winner BJP- 1BHARATBHAI KIKUBHAI PATELBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,01,73660.5%
- 2TANDEL NARENDRAKUMAR JAGUBHAIIndian National Congress · INC58,64434.9%
- 3PATEL CHETANKUMAR MANGUBHAIIndependent · IND3,9732.4%
- 4None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA1,9261.1%
- 5SIRASAT ASHOKBHAI ATMARAMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP8100.5%
- 6PROFESSOR RAJNIKANT NANUBHAI DESAILVM · LVM4420.3%
- 7JATINKUMAR PRAVINBHAI PATELAam Aadmi Party · AAP3470.2%
- 8DODIYA MAHENDRASINH MOHANSINHIndependent · IND2970.2%
Since 2012
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- +2.7%
- BJP share
- 59.6% → 60.5%
- INC share
- 36.7% → 34.9%
- Turnout
- 71.4% → 69.0%