Surat Parliamentary Constituency Election and Results Update

The Parliamentary constituency of Surat plays a larger role not only in Gujarat, but in the overall politics of the country. This seat has witnessed some of the most prominent political leaders as Members of Parliament, such as former Prime Minister of the country Morarji Desai as well as a BJP veteran leader Kashiram Rana. The Surat Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 24) consists of 1,420,969 number of electorates in totality, of these 786,573 are males and 634,396 are females as the Election commission of India 2009 data suggests.

Situated in the Surat District, this constituency has the city of Surat as its administrative headquarters, which is the second-largest city of the Gujarat. This constituency came into existence in 1951. Being being one of the most historically prominent regions of Surat, it has several important tourist destinations, such as Surat Fort, Sardar Patel Museum, Dutch Garden, Vansada National Park, Chintamani Jain Temple, Unai Hot Spring, the golden beaches of Ubharat and Tithal, Jawaharlal Nehru Garden, and Parsi Agiary. Over 4.5 million people reside in the Surat District, making this region one of the most densely populated regions of the state. The economy thrives on rich industrial production of diamonds, textiles and the flourishing diamond-studded gold jewellery. Surat’s economy also flourishes on fabric production, which contributes to 40% of the revenue in the district.

Surat 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 Surat Parliamentary Constituency.

The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Surat 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 Surat constituency is Jardosh Darshnaben Vikrambhai of BJP.

Year	PC No.	PC Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Vote	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Vote
2014	24	Surat	GEN	Jardosh Darshnaben Vikrambhai	F	BJP	718412	Desai Naishadhbhai Bhupatbhai	M	INC	185222
2009	24	Surat	GEN	Jardosh,Smt. Darshana Vikram	F	BJP	364947	Gajera Dhirubhai Haribhai	M	INC	290149
2004	24	Surat	GEN	Kashiram Rana	M	BJP	508076	Chandravadan Chhotubhai Pithawala	M	INC	357513
1999	24	Surat	GEN	Kashiram Rana	M	BJP	423773	Rupin Rameshchandra Patchigar	M	INC	174576
1998	24	Surat	GEN	Kashiram Rana	M	BJP	564601	Thakorbhai Naik	M	INC	260579
1996	24	Surat	GEN	Kashiram Rana	M	BJP	376933	Kotadia Manubhai	M	INC	201672
1991	24	Surat	GEN	Kashiram Rana	M	BJP	336285	Chaudhary Sahdev Bherabhai	M	INC	229931
1989	24	Surat	GEN	Kashiram Rana	M	BJP	428465	C.D.Patel	M	INC	234424
1984	24	Surat	GEN	Patel Chhaganbhai Devabhai	M	INC	286928	Rana Kashiram Chhabildas	M	BJP	236253
1980	24	Surat	GEN	Patel Chhaganbhai Devabhai	M	INC(I)	234263	Ashok Ranjitram Mehta	M	JNP	207602
1977	24	Surat	GEN	Desai Morarji Ranchhodji	M	BLD	206206	Chauhan Jashvantsingh Dan Singh	M	INC	184746
1971	22	Surat	GEN	Morarji Ranchhodji Desai	M	NCO	170321	Gordhandas Ranchhoddas Chokhawala	M	INC	138797
1967	22	Surat	GEN	M.R. Desai	M	INC	163836	J.D. Chauhan	M	IND	40928
1962	21	Surat	GEN	Morarji Ranchhodji Desai	M	INC	165225	Jaswantsinh Dansinh Chauhan	M	IND	66194
1957	20	Surat	GEN	Desai Morarji Ranchhodji	M	INC	190563	Mehta Dinkarrao Krishnalal	M	IND	39076
1951	11	Surat-1	GEN	Desai Kanhaiyalal Nanabhai	M	INC	244016	Desai Ishwarlal Chhotubhai	M	SP	126233
1951	11	Surat-2	GEN	Patel Bahadurbhai Kuthabhai	M	INC	229295	Malvi Malubhai Rudabhai	M	SP	116466

List of Assembly Constituenciesin Surat Parliamentary Constituency

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

Names of Assembly Constituencies
Olpad	Surat East	Surat North
Varachha Road	Karanj	Katargam
Surat West