2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election


The 2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of Gujarat in December 2012 for all 182 members of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly. Incumbent Chief Minister Narendra Modi of Bharatiya Janta Party, in power since 2002, was running for his fourth term. The leader of the opposition was Shaktisinh Gohil of the Indian National Congress.
Elections were held in two phases, the first on 13 December and second on 17 December 2012. Total voting turnout of both phases was 71.32%, highest since 1980. Results were declared on 20 December 2012.
The BJP, led by Narendra Modi, won 116 seats out of total 182 seats and formed the government while INC won 60 seats. BJP has been in the power in Gujarat since 1995.

Polls

Elections were held in two phases, the first on 13 December and second on 17 December 2012.

Phase-I

First phase of polling was held on 13 December 2012 witnessed 70.75% of record breaking voting. Within three hours, the voter turnout was 18 per cent and by 1 pm it was 38 per cent. The figure went up to 53 per cent by 3 pm, concluding with 70.75%.
LegendStatistics
Voting turnout70.75%
Constituencies87
Break-upSaurashtra : 7 Districts : 48 Seats

South Gujarat : 7 Districts : 35 Seats

Ahmedabad Rural : Part of 1 District : 4 Seats
Total voters1,81,86,045
Candidates846 including 47 women
Polling Booths21,268
ID Card Distribution99.65% voters
Photo Electoral Roll coverage99.53% voters
EVM Machines used25,000
EVM Fault rate0.01%
RemarksPeaceful polling.
Poll boycotted in two villages in Junagadh and Surendranagar district

District wise polling data Phase-I test

Saurashtra

DistrictPercentage
Porbandar98.39%
Amreli98.21%
Jamnagar68.48%
Bhavnagar48.11%
Junagadh48.71%
Surendranagar3.76%
Rajkot99.97%

Ahmedabad Rural

DistrictPercentage
Ahmedabad Rural
Sanand
Viramgam
Dholka
Dhandhuka		70.41%

South Gujarat

DistrictPercentage
Dangs68.76%
Surat69.58%
Valsad73.79%
Bharuch75.11%
Navsari75.59%
Tapi80.43%
Narmada82.21%

Phase-II

Phase-II of polling was held on 17 December 2012 witnessed voting turnout of 71.85%.

District wise polling data Phase-II

Ahmedabad

Kutch

Central Gujarat

DistrictVoting Turnout
Anand74.89%
Kheda72.17%
Vadodara72.27%
Panchmahal71.48%
Dahod68.48%

North Gujarat

With 71.85% of Phase-II voting turnout following the Phase-I turnout of 70.75%, the resultant final voting turnout stood at 71.32%.

1980 to 2012 Legislative Assembly Elections statistics in Gujarat

Electors16,501,32824,820,37929,021,18428,774,44333,238,19636,593,09038,077,454
Voters7,981,99512,955,22118,686,75717,063,16020,455,16621,873,37727,158,626
Turnout48.37%52.20%64.39%59.30%61.54%59.77%71.32%

The average turnout percentage in Gujarat had decreased from 64.39% in 1995 to 59.77% during the last four state elections as per the Election Commission of India statistics.

Results

Counting of votes was held on 20 December 2012. Results were as following.
PartySeats won
Bhartiya Janata Party 115
Indian National Congress 61
Gujarat Parivartan Party 2
Nationalist Congress Party 2
Janata Dal 1
Independent1

BJP lost in 16 seats by the margin of less than 2%. The Congress won 46% seats with a margin of less than 5%.
PartyVote share
Bhartiya Janata Party 47.85
Indian National Congress 38.93
Gujarat Parivartan Party 3.63
Nationalist Congress Party 0.67
Janata Dal 5.83
Independent0.45

List of Winning Candidates

Following candidates won election from their respective seats:
Keys:
No.ConstituencyWinner CandidatePartyVotesMargin
1AbdasaChhabilbhai Naranbhai PatelINC607047613
2MandviTarachand Jagashi ChhedaBJP619848506
3BhujDr Nimaben AacharyaBJP691748973
4AnjarAhir Vasanbhai GopalbhaiBJP647894728
5GandhidhamMaheshwari Ramesh VachchhrajBJP7298821313
6RaparPatel Vaghajibhai DharamshibhaiBJP552809216
7VavShankarbhai Lagdhirbhai PatelBJP7264011911
8TharadParbat PatelBJP685173473
9DhaneraPatel Joitabhai KasnabhaiINC8746030291
10DantaKharadi Kantibhai KalabhaiINC7375126990
11VadgamManilal Jethabhai VaghelaINC9037521839
12PalanpurPatel Maheshkumar AmrutlalINC750975284
13DeesaVaghela Liladharbhai KhodajiBJP6629417706
14DeodarChauhan Keshaji ShivajiBJP7626520809
15KankrejKhanpura Dharshibhai LakhabhaiINC73900600
16RadhanpurThakor Nagarji HarchandjiBJP694933834
17ChanasmaDilipkumar Virajibhai ThakorBJP8346216824
18PatanDesai Ranchhodbhai MahijibhaiBJP672245871
19SidhpurBalvantsinh Chandansinh RajputINC8751825824
20KheraluBharatsinhji DabhiBJP6819518386
21UnjhaPatel Narayanbhai LalludasBJP7570824201
22VisnagarPatel Rushikesh GaneshbhaiBJP7618529399
23BecharajiPatel Rajanikant SomabhaiBJP684476456
24KadiChavada Rameshbhai MaganbhaiINC842761217
25MehsanaNitinbhai PatelBJP9013424205
26VijapurPatel Prahladbhai IshvarbhaiINC707298759
27HimmatnagarChavda Rajendrasinh RanjitsinhINC8500812356
28IdarRamanlal VoraBJP9027911380
29KhedbrahmaAshvin KotwalINC8848850137
30BhilodaAnil JoshiyaraINC9579931543
31ModasaThakor Rajendrasinh ShivsinhINC8887922858
32BayadVaghela Mahendrasinh ShankersinhINC7464635923
33PrantijBaraiya Mahendrasinh KacharsinhINC760977014
34DehgamKaminiba RathodINC610432297
35Gandhinagar SouthThakor Shambhuji ChelajiBJP879998011
36Gandhinagar NorthPatel Ashokkumar RanchhodbhaiBJP735514225
37MansaChaudhari Amitbhai HarisingbhaiINC780688028
38KalolThakor Baldevji ChandujiINC64757343
39ViramgamTejeshree PatelINC8493016983
40SanandKaramsibhai Virjibhai PatelINC734534148
41GhatlodiyaAnandiben PatelBJP154599110395
42VejalpurChauhan Kishorsinh BabulalBJP11350740985
43VatvaPradipsinh Bhagwatsinh JadejaBJP9558046932
44EllisbridgeRakesh ShahBJP10663176672
45NaranpuraAmit ShahBJP10398863335
46NikolPanchal Jagdish IshwarbhaiBJP8888649302
47NarodaWadhwani Nirmalaben SunilbhaiBJP9633358352
48Thakkar BapanagarKakadiya Vallabhbhai GobarbhaiBJP8873149251
49BapunagarRajput Jagrupsinh GirdansinhBJP510582603
50AmraiwadiPatel Hasmukhbhai SomabhaiBJP10868365425
51DariyapurGyasuddin Habibuddin ShekhINC609672621
52Jamalpur-KhadiaBhatt Bhushan AshokBJP480586331
53ManinagarNarendra ModiBJP12047086373
54DanilimdaShailesh Manubhai ParmarINC7357314301
55SabarmatiArvindkumar Gandalal PatelBJP10703667583
56AsarwaRajanikant Mohanlal PatelBJP7682935045
57DaskroiPatel Babubhai JamnadasBJP9581337633
58DholkaChudasama Bhupendrasinh ManubhaBJP7524218845
59DhandhukaKolipatel Laljibhai ChaturbhaiBJP7757328277
60DasadaMakwana Punambhai KalabhaiBJP6540410640
61LimbdiKolipatel Somabhai GandalalINC722031561
62WadhwanDoshi Varshaben NarendrabhaiBJP8304917558
63ChotilaShamjibhai Bhimjibhai ChauhanBJP7211111972
64DhrangadhraKavadiya Jayantibhai RamjibhaiBJP8762117403
65MorbiKantilal AmrutiyaBJP773862760
66TankaraKundariya Mohanbhai KalyanjibhaiBJP6363015407
67WankanerMohammed Javed PirzadaINC590385311
68Rajkot EastRajguru Indranil SanjaybhaiINC608774272
69Rajkot WestVajubhai ValaBJP9040524978
70Rajkot SouthGovind PatelBJP7730828477
71Rajkot RuralBhanuben Manoharbhai BabariyaBJP5775311466
72JasdanGohel Bholabhai BhikhabhaiINC7805510847
73GondalJadeja Jayrajsinh TemubhaBJP7970919766
74JetpurJayesh RadadiyaINC8582718033
75DhorajiVitthalbhai Hansrajbhai RadadiyaINC7618926258
76KalavadChavda Meghjibhai AmarabhaiBJP490276119
77Jamnagar RuralRaghavji Hansraj PatelINC604993304
78Jamnagar NorthJadeja Dharmendrasinh MerubhaINC616429448
79Jamnagar SouthTrivedi Vasuben NarendrabhaiBJP558942862
80Jam JodhpurShapriya Chimanbhai DharamshibhaiBJP7539528191
81KhambhaliaPoonamben Hematbhai MaadamBJP7908738382
82DwarkaPabubha Virambha ManekBJP700625616
83PorbandarBabubhai Bhimabhai BokhiriaBJP7760417146
84KutiyanaKandhal Sarmanbhai JadejaNCP6141618474
85ManavadarChavda Jawaharbhai PethalajibhaiINC728794402
86JunagadhMashru Mahendrabhai LiladharbhaiBJP6666913796
87VisavadarKeshubhai PatelGPP8596742186
88KeshodArvindbhai Keshavbhai LadaniBJP537727937
89MangrolChudasama Rajeshbhai NaranbhaiBJP6845215714
90SomnathBarad Jasabhai BhanabhaiINC567012096
91Talala, GujaratJashubhai Dhanabhai BaradINC627221478
92KodinarSolanki Jethabhai DanabhaiBJP633198477
93UnaVansh Punjabhai BhimabhaiINC698247507
94DhariKotadiya Nalinbhai NanjibhaiGPP415161575
95AmreliParesh DhananiINC8658329893
96LathiBavkubhai Nathabhai UndhadINC487932764
97SavarkundlaVaghasiya Vallabhbhai VasharambhaiBJP372462384
98RajulaSolanki Hirabhai OdhavjibhaiBJP7544718710
99MahuvaMakwana Bhavanaben RaghvbhaiBJP5749828352
100TalajaShyal Bhartiben DhirubhaiBJP6635732844
101GariadharKeshubhai Hirjibhai NakranBJP5337716028
102PalitanaRathod Pravinbhai JinabhaiINC6939614325
103Bhavnagar RuralParshottam SolankiBJP8398018554
104Bhavnagar EastVibhavari DaveBJP8537539508
105Bhavnagar WestJitu VaghaniBJP9258453893
106GadhadaAtmaram Makanbhai ParmarBJP6641510342
107BotadManiya Thakarshibhai DevjibhaiBJP8618410005
108KhambhatPatel Sanjaykumar RamanbhaiBJP7476115386
109BorsadParmar Rajendrasinh DhirsinhINC8362121034
110AnklavAmit ChavdaINC8157530319
111UmrethJayantbhai Ramanbhai PatelNCP673631394
112AnandDilipbhai Manibhai PatelBJP82956987
113PetladNiranjan PatelINC7731212192
114SojitraParmar Punambhai MadhabhaiINC65210162
115MatarChauhan Devusinh JesingbhaiBJP710216487
116NadiadDesai Pankaj VinubhaiBJP753356587
117MahemdabadGautambhai Ravjibhai ChauhanINC687674181
118MahudhaThakor Natvarsinh FulsinhINC5837313230
119ThasraParmar Ramsinh PrabhatsinhINC782265500
120KapadvanjShankersinh VaghelaINC886416597
121BalasinorChauhan Mansinh KohyabhaiINC8708817171
122LunawadaMalivad Kalubhai HirabhaiBJP728143701
123SantrampurDamor Gendalbhai MotibhaiINC6802625654
124ShehraAhir Jethabhai GhelabhaiBJP7646828725
125Morva HadafKhant Savitaben VechatbhaiINC5688611289
126GodhraC. K. RaulINC733672868
127KalolRathod Arvindsinh DamsinhBJP6927530056
128HalolParmar Jaydrathsinh ChandrasinhBJP9385433206
129FatepuraKatara Rameshbhai BhurabhaiBJP578286264
130JhalodGarasiya Miteshbhai KalabhaiINC7807740073
131LimkhedaBhabhor Jashvantsinh SumanbhaiBJP6721915331
132DahodPanada Vajesingbhai ParsingbhaiINC7395639548
133GarbadaBariya Chandrikaben ChhaganbhaiINC6929535774
134Devgadh BariaBachu KhabadBJP11358283753
135SavliInamdar Ketanbhai MahendrabhaiIndependent6284920319
136VaghodiaShrivastav Madhubhai BabubhaiBJP658515788
137Chhota UdaipurRathwa Mohansinh ChhotubhaiINC650432305
138JetpurRadadiya Jayeshbhai VitthalbhaiINC619664273
139SankhedaBhil Dhirubhai ChunilalBJP805791452
140DabhoiBalkrishna PatelBJP708335122
141Vadodara CityVakil Manisha RajivbhaiBJP10370051889
142SayajigunjSukhadiya Jitendra RatilalBJP10735858237
143AkotaSaurabh PatelBJP9555449867
144RaopuraRajendra TrivediBJP9926341535
145ManjalpurYogesh PatelBJP9264251785
146PadraPatel Dineshbhai BalubhaiBJP752274308
147KarjanSatish PatelBJP682253489
148NandodTadvi Shabdasharan BhailalbhaiBJP7958015727
149DediapadaMotilal VasavaBJP564712555
150JambusarChhatrasinhji Pujabhai MoriBJP7486418730
151VagraArunsinh Ajitsinh RanaBJP6851214318
152ZaghadiaVasava Chhotubhai AmarsinhJD6662213304
153BharuchDushyantbhai Rajnikant PatelBJP9221937190
154AnkleshwarIshwarsinh Thakorbhai PatelBJP8264531443
155OlpadPatel Mukeshbhai ZinabhaiBJP10680537058
156MangrolGanpatsinh Vestabhai VasavaBJP7925531106
157MandviVasava Parbhubhai NagarbhaINC8329824394
158KamrejPansheriya Prafulbhai ChhaganbhaiBJP12603261371
159Surat EastGilitwala Ranjitbhai MangubhaiBJP7264915789
160Surat NorthChoksi Ajaykumar JashvantlalBJP5969022034
161Varachha RoadKanani Kishorbhai ShivabhaiBJP6852920359
162KaranjKachhadiya Janakbhai ManjibhaiBJP6569649439
163LimbayatPatil Sangitaben RajendrabhaiBJP7974430321
164UdhnaNarottambhai PatelBJP7494632754
165MajuraSanghvi Harsh RameshkumarBJP10357771556
166KatargamVanani Nanubhai BhagavanbhaiBJP8860443272
167Surat WestKishorbhai RatilalvankawalaBJP9909969731
168ChoryasiPatel Rajendrabhai ParabhubhaiBJP11991767638
169BardoliParmar Ishwarbhai Alias Anilbhai RamanbhaiBJP8104922272
170MahuvaDhodiya Mohanbhai DhanjibhaiBJP7416111687
171VyaraPunabhai Dhedabhai GamitINC7313813556
172NizarGamit Kantilalbhai ReshmabhaiBJP901919924
173DangGavit Mangalbhai GangajibhaiINC456372422
174JalalporeR C PatelBJP7679717867
175NavsariDesai Piyushbhai DinkarbhaiBJP8160115981
176GandeviMangubhai ChhaganbhaiBJP10441726177
177VansdaChaudhari Chhanabhai KolubhaiINC10582925616
178DharampurPatel Ishwarbhai DhedabhaiINC8231915298
179ValsadBharatbhai Kikubhai PatelBJP9365835999
180PardiKanubhai Mohanlal DesaiBJP8456337311
181KapradaChaudhari Jitubhai HarajibhaiINC8578018685
182UmargamRamanlal Nanubhai PatkarBJP6945028299

Bypolls

2013

Four seats became vacant in 2012-13. Bypolls for them was held by Election Commission in June 2013. All four seats were held by Indian National Congress members. Morva Hadaf MLA Savitaben Khant died in December 2012 while Limbdi MLA Soma Ganda resigned later as he chose to continue as a Member of Parliament. Jayesh Radadiya and Vitthal Radadiya resigned as they left Indian National Congress and joined Bharatiya Janata Party in March, 2013. In bypolls, INC lost all four seats and BJP won all of them.
The bypoll to Surat West was held on December 4, 2013 due to death of sitting BJP MLA Kishore Wankawala. BJP candidate Purnesh Modi won against INC candidate D I Patel in result declared on December 8, 2013. It was the first time NOTA button introduced in election in Gujarat. It was used by 2307 voters.
No.ConstituencyFormer winnerPartyBypoll winnerParty
61LimdiKolipatel Somabhai GandalalINCKiritsinh RanaBJP
74JetpurRadadiya Jayeshbhai VitthalbhaiINCRadadiya Jayeshbhai VitthalbhaiBJP
75DhorajiVitthalbhai Hansrajbhai RadadiyaINCPravin MankadiyaBJP
125Morva HadafKhant Savitaben VechatbhaiINCNimisha SutharBJP
167Surat PashchimKishore WankavalaBJPPurnesh ModiBJP

2014

Rapar BJP MLA Vaghjibhai Patel died on January 30, 2014 following heart attack. Lathi MLA Bavku Undhad resigned as he quit INC and joined BJP in January. GPP MLA Keshubhai Patel resigned in February following his ill health. GPP was merged with BJP on 24 February 2014. Nalin Kotadiya who was representing Dhari in assembly, joined BJP along with party. Four more MLAs Rajendrasinh Chavda, Jasabhai Barad, Chhabilbhai Patel and Parbhubhai Vasava quit INC and resigned as they joined BJP in February. Bypolls for all these seven seats were held on April 30 along with 2014 Indian general election. Voting turnout was 74.84% in Somnath, 70.19% in Abdasa, 56.62% in Rapar, 71.87% in Himmatnagar, 56.06% in Visavadar, 64.86% in Lathi and 67% in Mandvi which stood to an average of 65.92% in all seven constituencies. On May 16, 2014, the result of byepolls was declared along with 2014 Indian general election result. BJP won four while INC won three seats of seven vacant seats. Out of five constituencies which were held by INC before their representatives joined BJP, they retained only one, Abdasa. BJP candidate Bharat Patel, son of former representative Keshubhai Patel, lost to INC candidate Harshad Ribadiya in Visavadar. Shaktisinh Gohil, the former Leader of Opposition, defeated Chhabil Patel in Abdasa.
No.ConstituencyFormer winnerPartyBypoll winnerParty
01AbdasaChhabil PatelINCShaktisinh GohilINC
6RaparVaghjibhai PatelBJPPankaj Anopchand MehtaBJP
87VisavadarKeshubhai PatelGPPRibadiya Harshadkumar MadavjibhaiINC
96LathiBavku Nathabhai UndhadINCBavku Nathabhai UndhadBJP
90SomnathJasabhai BaradINCJasabhai BaradBJP
27HimatnagarChavda Rajendrasinh RanjitsinhINCChavda Rajendrasinh RanjitsinhBJP
157MandviVasava Parbhubhai NagarbhaINCChaudhari Anandbhai MohanbhaiINC

Following 2014 Indian general election, nine assembly members resigned as they were elected to Loksabha, the lower house of the parliament of India. They all belonged to BJP. Incumbent Chief Minister Narendra Modi resigned as MLA from Maninagar as he won from Vadodara and Varanasi and sworn in as the 15th Prime Minister of India. The eight others include Khambhalia MLA Poonam Madam, Anand MLA Dilip Patel, Limkheda MLA Jaswantsinh Bhabhor, Deesa MLA Liladhar Vaghela, Matar MLA Devusinh Chauhan, Talaja MLA Bharati Shiyal, Mangrol MLA Rajesh Chudasama and Tankara MLA Mohan Kundariya. Byepolls were held on 13 September 2014 which recorded following voters turnout: Limkheda, Maninagar, Deesa, Tankara, Khambhalia, Mangrol, Talja, Anand and Matar. The results of September byepolls were declared on 16 September 2014. BJP retained six seats while lost three seats to INC. Vajubhai Vala, the incumbent speaker of assembly, resigned as the MLA from Rajkot West and as the speaker on 30 August 2014 following his appointment as the Governor of Karnataka. The byepoll for Rajkot West was held on 15 October 2014 and result was declared on 19 October 2014. BJP retained the seat with Vijay Rupani declared winner candidate.
No.ConstituencyFormer winnerPartyBypoll winnerParty
53ManinagarNarendra ModiBJPPatel Sureshbhai DhanjibhaiBJP
81KhambhaliyaPoonam MadamBJPAhir MeramanINC
13DeesaLiladharbhai Khodaji VaghelaBJPRabari GovabhaiINC
66TankaraMohan KundariyaBJPMetaliya Bavanjibhai HansrajbhaiBJP
89MangrolRajeshbhai Naranbhai ChudasamaBJPVaja BabubhaiINC
100TalajaBharatiben Dhirubhai ShiyalBJPGohil Shivabhai JerambhaiBJP
115MatarDevusinh Jesingbhai ChauhanBJPKesrisinh Jesangbhai SolankiBJP
112AnandDilip PatelBJPPatel Rohitbhai JashubhaiBJP
131LimkhedaJasvantsinh Sumanbhai BhabhorBJPBhuriya Vichhiyabhai JokhnabhaiBJP
69Rajkot PashchimVajubhai ValaBJPVijay RupaniBJP

2016

Rajendrabhai Parabhubhai Patel, the sitting MLA from Choryasi died following dengue in August 2015. His daughter won the bypoll in January 2016. Following death of Jasubhai Barad of INC in January 2016, the bypoll was held for Talala constituency. The bypoll had 63.66 per cent turnout. Govind Parmar of BJP won the bypoll in May 2016 defeating Bhagwanji Barad of INC.
No.ConstituencyFormer winnerPartyBypoll winnerParty
168ChoryasiRajendrabhai Parabhubhai PatelBJPZankhna Hiteshkumar PatelBJP
91TalalaJashubhai Dhanabhai BaradINCGovind ParmarBJP