Vav Assembly constituency

Legislative Assembly constituency in Gujarat State, India

Vav
Constituency No. 7 for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
District	Banaskantha
LS constituency	Banaskantha
Established	2007
Total electors	302,189^[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Thakor Geniben Nagaji
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2022

Vav is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.^[2]^[3] It is part of Banaskantha district. It is numbered as 7-Vav.

List of segments

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

Vav Taluka
Bhabhar Taluka
Santalpur Taluka (Part) of Patan District Village – Kesargadh
Suigam Taluka

Members of Legislative Assembly

2007 - Parbat Patel, Bharatiya Janata Party
2012 - Shankar Chaudhary, Bharatiya Janata Party

Year	Member	Picture	Party
2017	Thakor Geniben Nagaji^[5]			Indian National Congress
2022	Thakor Geniben Nagaji^[5]			Indian National Congress

Election results

2022

Gujarat Assembly election, 2022: Vav Assembly constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Thakor Geniben Nagaji	102,513	45.26
	BJP	Swarupji Thakor	86,912	38.37
	Independent	Amirambhai Shankarbhai Ashal	27,346	12.07
	AAP	Dr Bhim Patel	1596	.70	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3997	1.76
Majority				6.89
Turnout
Registered electors			302,019	^[6]
	INC hold		Swing

2017

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Vav^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Geni Thakor	102,328	49.00	+14.45
	BJP	Shankar Chaudhary	95,673	45.82	+4.49
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,765	1.80	New
Majority			6,655	3.18	-3.59
Turnout			2,08,824	81.22	+3.4
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2012

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shankar Chaudhary	72,640	41.33	-5.24
	INC	Geni Thakor	60,729	34.55	+16.7
	NCP	Chandulal Thakkar	30,185	17.17	New
Majority			11911	6.77
Turnout			175883	77.82
	BJP hold		Swing

2007

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Parbat Patel	73,230	46.57	+4.96
	Independent	Mavjibhai Patel	30,521	19.41	New
	INC	Vikrambhai Pirabhai Rajput	28,072	17.85	-32.19
	BSP	Ganeshdanji Gadhvi	10,569	6.72
Majority			42,709	27.16
Turnout			1,57,249
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2002

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Hemaji Rajput	72640	50.04
	BJP	Parbat Patel	58402	41.61
Majority			11826	8.43
Turnout			140363	69.61
	INC hold		Swing

1998

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Hemaji Rajput	72730	57.84
	BJP	Mavjibhai Patel	48773	38.79
Majority			23957	19.05
Turnout			130676	78.53
	INC hold		Swing

1995

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Parbat Patel	52640	41.20
	INC	Hemaji Rajput	50519	39.54
Majority			2121	1.66
Turnout			131322	79.32
	Independent hold		Swing

1990

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD	Mavjibhai Patel	36339	41.34
	INC	Parbat Patel	32088	36.50
Majority			4251	4.84
Turnout			89540	63.79
	JD hold		Swing

1985

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Parbat Patel	46208	65.04
	Independent	Harisinhji Chavda	23367	32.89
Majority			22841	32.15
Turnout			73126	54.92
	INC hold		Swing

1980

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Hemabhai Parmar	27474	47.20
	JP	Jagatbhai Kandali	22830	39.22
Majority			4644	7.98
Turnout			60192	52.80
	INC hold		Swing

1975

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1975
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Hemabhai Parmar	19991	42.57
	INC(O)	Jetsibhai Paya	18965	40.39
Majority			1026	2.18
Turnout			50742	51.73
	INC(O) hold		Swing

1972

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Daulatbhai Parmar	13396	51.17
	INC(O)	Sartanbhai Kala	8170	31.21
Majority			5226	19.96
Turnout			28783	38.38
	INC hold		Swing

1967

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1967
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SWA	J. P. Parmar	20812	68.55
	INC	K. M. Parmar	9550	31.45
Majority			11262	37.09
Turnout			33495	50.43
	SWA hold		Swing

References

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