| Sarkhej | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for theGujarat Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Western India |
| State | Gujarat |
| District | Ahmedabad |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Gandhinagar |
| Established | 1975 |
| Abolished | 2008 |
| Total electors | 1,025,615 (in 2007)[1] |
| Reservation | None |
Sarkhej was one of the 182 assembly seats ofGujarat'sVidhan Sabha (Gujarat Legislative Assembly), from 1975[2] until 2012. It was a largely urban seat representing there1⁄15 ofAhmedabad. Its abolition, along with others and new replacement seats were drawn up in 2008, in readiness for the next election which proved to be in 2012.
| Year | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Bhavansinh Chauhan | Bharatiya Jan Sangh | ||
| 1980 | Harishankar Pandya | Indian National Congress (I) | ||
| 1985 | Nalin K. Patel | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1990 | Harishchandra Patel | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 1995 | ||||
| 1997[a] | Amit Shah | |||
| 1998 | ||||
| 2002 | ||||
| 2007[1] | ||||
| 2012 | Seat abolished | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Amit Anilchandra Shah | 407,659 | 68.00 | ||
| INC | Shashikant V. Patel | 1,71,836 | 28.66 | ||
| IND. | Syed Inayathusen Kurmullamirya | 8,693 | 1.45 | ||
| BSP | Sureshchandra Bahecharlal Dave | 4,923 | 0.82 | ||
| IND. | Prakash Narayanbhai Kumavat | 2,753 | 0.46 | ||
| Majority | 2,35,823 | 39.34 | |||
| Turnout | 5,99,456 | 58.45 | |||
| BJPhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Amit Anilchandra Shah | 288,327 | 66.97 | ||
| INC | Himanshu Patel | 1,30,291 | 30.26 | ||
| Majority | 1,58,036 | 36.71 | |||
| Turnout | 4,30,492 | 51.31 | |||
| BJPhold | Swing | ||||