Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per t ...
Lok Sabha constituency was in
Gujarat
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state in western
India
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till 2008. After the reorg of 2009,
Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha constituency
Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha constituency ( gu, અમદાવાદ પૂર્વ લોકસભા મતવિસ્તાર) is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian parliament) constituencies in Gujarat, a state in western India. ...
and
Ahmedabad West Lok Sabha constituency
Ahmedabad West Lok Sabha constituency ( gu, અમદાવાદ પશ્ચિમ લોકસભા મતવિસ્તાર) is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian parliament) constituencies in Gujarat, a state in western In ...
became the two constituencies from the city, sending a representative to the parliament.
Vidhan Sabha segments
Ahmedabad Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following 7
Vidhan Sabha
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(legislative assembly) segments:
Members of Lok Sabha
*1951: Two-candidates elected from this seat.
**
Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar (27 November 1888 – 27 February 1956) popularly known as ''Dadasaheb'' was an independence activist, the President (from 1946 to 1947) of the Central Legislative Assembly, then Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of I ...
and Muldas Bhudardas Vaishya, both from
Indian National Congress
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*1956 (by-poll):
Sushila Ganesh Mavalankar, (Congress) (Won by-poll caused by her husband's death unopposed)
*1957: Two-candidates elected from this seat again.
**
Indulal Kanaiyalal Yagnik, Mahagujarat Janata Parishad / Karsandas Ukabhai Parmar,
Independent
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*1962:
Indulal Kanaiyalal Yagnik, Nutan Mahagujarat Janata Parishad
*1967:
Indulal Kanaiyalal Yagnik,
Independent
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*1971:
Indulal Kanaiyalal Yagnik, (Congress this time, defeated NCO opponent)
*1972 (by-poll):
Purushottam Mavalankar
Purushottam Ganesh Mavalankar (3 August 1928, Ahmedabad – 14 March 2002, Ahmedabad) was an Indian political scientist, educationist, and an independent Member of Parliament for two consecutive terms.
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,
Independent
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* Independ ...
(By Poll, after Yagnik's death)
*1977:
Ahsan Jafri
Ehsan Jafri (1929 – 28 February 2002) was an Indian politician and former member of the 6th Lok Sabha for the Congress Party, who was killed in the Gulbarg Society massacre.
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,
Indian National Congress
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*1980:
Maganbhai Barot
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Indian National Congress (Indira)
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*1984:
Haroobhai Mehta
Haroobhai Mehta (born 12 October 1933) was an Indian politician and lawyer. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Ahmedabad in 1984 as a member of the Indian National Congress
The Indian National Con ...
,
Indian National Congress
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*1989:
Harin Pathak
Harin Pathak (born 20 July 1947) is an Indian politician who was a member of the fourteenth Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Ahmedabad East constituency of Gujarat and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Phatak was denied a tick ...
,
Bharatiya Janata Party
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*1991:
Harin Pathak
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Phatak was denied a tick ...
,
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*1996:
Harin Pathak
Harin Pathak (born 20 July 1947) is an Indian politician who was a member of the fourteenth Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Ahmedabad East constituency of Gujarat and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Phatak was denied a tick ...
,
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*1998:
Harin Pathak
Harin Pathak (born 20 July 1947) is an Indian politician who was a member of the fourteenth Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Ahmedabad East constituency of Gujarat and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Phatak was denied a tick ...
,
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*1999:
Harin Pathak
Harin Pathak (born 20 July 1947) is an Indian politician who was a member of the fourteenth Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Ahmedabad East constituency of Gujarat and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Phatak was denied a tick ...
,
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Election results
2004
1999
1998
1996
1991
1989
1984
1980
1977
1971
* Indulal Kanaiyalal Yagnik (INC) : 193,834 votes
* Jaykrishna Harivallabhdas (NCO) : 137,374
1972
*
P.G.Mavalankar (IND) : 112,026 votes
* Manubhai Palkhiwala (INC) : 86,579
1952
** First Seat
* Vaishya Muldas Bhudardas (INC) : 203,928 votes
* Goswami Krishnajiwanji Gokulnathji (RRP) : 112,239
** Second seat
* Mavlankar Ganesh Vasudeo (INC) : 230,778 votes
* Parmar Balwantrai Govindrai (SCF) : 69,443
See also
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Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha constituency
Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha constituency ( gu, અમદાવાદ પૂર્વ લોકસભા મતવિસ્તાર) is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian parliament) constituencies in Gujarat, a state in western India. ...
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Ahmedabad West Lok Sabha constituency
Ahmedabad West Lok Sabha constituency ( gu, અમદાવાદ પશ્ચિમ લોકસભા મતવિસ્તાર) is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian parliament) constituencies in Gujarat, a state in western In ...
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Sarkhej Assembly constituency
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Ahmedabad district
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List of former constituencies of the Lok Sabha
This is a list of former constituencies of the Lok Sabha of India, organised by date of abolition. It does not include constituencies which were merely renamed.
Constituencies abolished in 1956
Bombay (2)
The constituencies came into existence ...
References
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Ahmedabad district
Former Lok Sabha constituencies of Gujarat
Former constituencies of the Lok Sabha
2008 disestablishments in India
Constituencies disestablished in 2008