Constituency
178. Dharampur
Community mirrorGujarat · Gujarat Assembly Election, 2022
GJ-DHARAMPUR
BJP 42.2%won by 16.8%AAP 25.4%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.5% to 16.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerAam Aadmi Party (AAP) finished second with 25.4% — it did not contest here in 2017.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.6% between them, down from 94.5% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
2,51,084
Turnout
78.8%
Valid votes
1,97,802
Margin
33,327
16.85%
Candidates
10 contested · winner BJP- 1Arvind Chhotubhai PatelBharatiya Janata Party · BJP83,54442.2%
- 2Kamleshbhai Ghelabhai PatelAam Aadmi Party · AAP50,21725.4%
- 3Kishanbhai V. PatelIndian National Congress · INC33,50716.9%
- 4Kalpesh PatelIndependent · IND19,4909.9%
- 5NOTANOTA · NOTA4,1892.1%
- 6Janubhai Dhakalbhai KakadIndependent · IND1,9451.0%
- 7Ganvit Kalpeshbhai MaganbhaiIndependent · IND1,6770.8%
- 8Ratilal Vajirbhai ThakryaBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,4610.7%
- 9Barat Anandbhai DubiyabhaiCommunist Party of India(Marxist) · CPOI8900.4%
- 10Sureshbhai Ballubhai PatelBhartiya Tribal Party · BTP8820.4%
Since 2017
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–AAP swing
- −36.7%
- BJP share
- 53.5% → 42.2%
- AAP share
- 0.0% → 25.4%
- Turnout
- 78.4% → 78.8%