Kachchh (Lok Sabha constituency)

Kachchh Lok Sabha constituency (formerly Kutch Lok Sabha constituency) (Gujarati: કચ્છ લોકસભા મતવિસ્તાર) is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Gujarat state in western India.

Assembly segments

Presently, Kachchh Lok Sabha constituency comprises seven assembly segments. These are:^[1]

Assembly Segment No	Name of Assembly Seat	Reserved for
1	Abdasa	None
2	Mandvi	None
3	Bhuj	None
4	Anjar	None
5	Gandhidham	SC
6	Rapar	None
65	Morbi	None

Members of Parliament

Key

  Swatantra Party     INC     Janata Party     INC(I)     BJP  

Election		Member	Party
	1962	Himmatsinghji	Swatantra Party
	1971	Mahipatrai Mehta	Indian National Congress
	1977	Anant Dave	Janata Party
	1980	Mahipatrai Mehta	Indian National Congress (Indira)
	1984	Usha Thakkar	Indian National Congress
	1989	Babubhai Shah	Bharatiya Janata Party
	1991	Harilal Nanji Patel	Indian National Congress
	1996	Pushpdan Gadhavi	Bharatiya Janata Party
	1998	Pushpdan Gadhavi	Bharatiya Janata Party
	1999	Pushpdan Gadhavi	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2004	Pushpdan Gadhavi	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2009	Poonamben Jat	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2014	Vinod Chavda	Bharatiya Janata Party

General Elections 2009

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Indian general elections, 2009: Kachchh^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Poonamben Veljibhai Jat	285,225	50.58
	INC	Valjibhai Danicha	213,921	37.94
	Independent	Hiraben Vanzara	15,881	2.82
Majority			71,343	12.64
Turnout			564,008	42.54
	BJP hold		Swing

General Election 2014

Indian general elections, 2014: Kachchh^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Vinod Lakhamashi Chavda	5,62,855	59.40	+8.82
	INC	Dr. Dineshbhai Parmar	3,08,373	32.55	-5.39
	BSP	Kamalbhai Matang	21,230	2.24	+0.55
	BMP	Hirji Punjabhai Siju	21,106	2.23
	AAP	Govindbhai Punamchand Danicha	15,797	1.67
	NOTA	None of the Above	16,879	1.78	---
Majority			2,54,482	26.85	+14.21
Turnout			9,46,240	61.69	+16.96
	BJP hold		Swing	+6.23

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See also

• Kachchh District
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

Notes

1. "Parliament Constituency wise Electors Detail, Polling Stations & EPIC - Loksabha Election 2009" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Gujarat website.
2. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf
3. CEO Gujarat. Contesting Candidates LS2014
4. "Constituencywise-All Candidates". ECI.
5. CEO Gujarat. Contesting Candidates LS2014
6. "Constituencywise-All Candidates". ECI.
7. CEO Gujarat. Contesting Candidates LS2014