Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha constituency ( gu, અમદાવાદ પૂર્વ લોકસભા મતવિસ્તાર) is one of the 26

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...

(lower house of Indian parliament) constituencies in

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

, a state in western

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. This constituency was created as a part of the implementation of

delimitation Boundary delimitation (or simply delimitation) is the drawing of boundaries, particularly of electoral precincts, states, counties or other municipalities.

of parliamentary constituencies in 2008. It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was

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 ...

of the

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(BJP). The second elections which were held in 2014, film actor

Paresh Rawal Paresh Rawal (born 30 May 1955) is an Indian actor, comedian, film producer and politician known for his works notably in Hindi films, and Telugu, and a few Gujarati and a few Tamil films. He has appeared in over 240 films and is the recipient ...

of the BJP represented this constituency. As of the 2019 elections, Hamukh Patel of the BJP represents this constituency.

Assembly segments

As of 2014, Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha constituency comprises seven

Vidhan Sabha The State Legislative Assembly, or Vidhan Sabha, or also Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in the states and union territories of India. In the 28 states and 3 union territories with a unicameral state legislature, it is the sole legislati ...

(legislative assembly) segments. These are: Five of its seven Vidhan Sabha segments: Gandhinagar South, Vatva, Nikol, Thakkarbapa Nagar, and Bapunagar were also created in 2008 as a part of the implementation of delimitation of legislative assembly constituencies. Naroda and Dehgam were earlier in former

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 ...

and

Kapadvanj Kapadvanj (Karpat – Vanjiyam or "The Land of Textile") is a town as well as one of the Taluka of the Kheda district in the Gujarat India. It is located on bank of river Mohar. It is 65 km away from Ahmedabad and 93 km away from Vado ...

constituencies respectively.

Members of Parliament

* Elections until 2008, See

parliamentary constituency. * This seat came into existence from 2009 elections. Paresh_Rawal_still4

Election results

General election 2019

General election 2014

General election 2009

References

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