Bhavnagar Parliamentary Constituency Election and Results Update

The Bhavnagar Parliamentary constituency, situated in the peninsular district of Bhavnagar in the south-eastern region of Gujarat, is one of the 26 Lok Sabha seats which represent the state in the Lower House of the Parliament. 1,381,619 is the total electorate count in the Bhavnagar Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 15).

Out of these 716,544 number of electorates are males and the remaining 665,075 are belong to the female category as the Election commission of India 2009 reports suggest. The Bhavnagar constituency covers the whole district of Bhavnagar, which is spread across 8,334 square kilometers. The administrative seat of the district is the Bhavnagar city. Following Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot, Bhavnagar is the fifth-largest city in the “Jewel State of the West”. The economy of the Bhavnagar Parliamentary constituency thrives primarily on infrastructure. The Bhavnagar constituency is also famous for exports of cotton, ship machinery and dehydrated onions, manufacture of plastic ropes, yarns, twines and others. Tourist attractions in the Bhavnagar parliamentary constituency include the Gaurishankar Lake, Takhteshwar Temple, Gopnath Beach, Nilambag Palace, Bhav Vilas Palace, Seashore at Ghogha, Piram Bet, Velavadar National Park, among others. There are seven Assembly segments in the constituency, out of which Gadhada is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes.

Bhavnagar Lok Sabha Election Results 2019

In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.

In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.

In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.

List of winner/current and runner up MPs Bhavnagar Parliamentary Constituency.

The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Bhavnagar parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Bhavnagar constituency is Shri Dr. Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shiyal of BJP.

Year	PC No.	PC Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Vote	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Vote
2014	15	Bhavnagar	GEN	Dr. Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shiyal	F	BJP	549529	Rathod Pravinbhai Jinabhai	M	INC	254041
2009	15	Bhavnagar	GEN	Rana ,Shri Rajendrasinh (Raju Rana)	M	BJP	213376	Gohilmahavirsinhbhagir Athsinh	M	INC	207483
2004	8	Bhavnagar	GEN	Rana Rajendrasinh Ghanashyamsinh (Rajubhai Rana)	M	BJP	247336	Gigabhai Bhavubhai Gohil (Gigabhai Gohil)	M	INC	166910
1999	8	Bhavnagar	GEN	Rana Rajendrasinh Ghanshyamsinh (Rajubhai Rana)	M	BJP	265446	Gohil Dilipsinh Ajitsinh (Dilipsinh Gohil)	M	INC	164093
1998	8	Bhavnagar	GEN	Rana Rajendrasinh Ghanshyamsinh (Rajubhai Rana)	M	BJP	289344	Gohil Shaktisinhji Harichandrasinhji	M	INC	210138
1996	8	Bhavnagar	GEN	Rajendrasinh Ghanshyamsinh Rana	M	BJP	149177	Purshottam Odhavji Solanki	M	IND	141406
1991	8	Bhavnagar	GEN	Mahavirsinh Harisinhji Gohil	M	BJP	215604	Dhanajibhai Baladhiya	M	INC	125401
1989	8	Bhavnagar	GEN	Jamod Shashikant Mavjibhai	M	INC	143294	Jadeja Pravinsinhi	M	JD	142742
1984	8	Bhavnagar	GEN	Gohil Gigabhai Bhavubhai	M	INC	132444	Mehta Prasannvadan Manilal	M	JNP	121449
1980	8	Bhavnagar	GEN	Gohil Gigabhai Bhavubhai	M	INC(I)	131082	Shah Jayaben Vajubhai	M	JNP	77153
1977	8	Bhavnagar	GEN	Prasannavadan Manilal Methta	M	BLD	128792	Chabildas Pragjibhai Metha	M	INC	117655
1971	7	Bhavnagar	GEN	Prasanwvadan Manilal Mehta	M	NCO	102173	Jashvant Mehta	M	INC	83195
1967	7	Bhavnagar	GEN	J.N. Mehta	M	INC	91993	S.K. Gohil	M	SWA	86900
1967	By Polls	Bhavnagar	GEN	P.M.Mehta	M	INC	78084	U.N.Mehinda	M	SWA	59442
1962	7	Bhavnagar	GEN	Jashvantrai Nanubhai Mehta	M	PSP	98099	Jadavji Keshavji Modi	M	INC	88225

List of Assembly Constituenciesin Bhavnagar Parliamentary Constituency

The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Bhavnagar parliamentary constituency.

Names of Assembly Constituencies
Talaja	Palitana	Bhavnagar Rural
Bhavnagar East	Bhavnagar West	Gadhada (SC)
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