Visavadar Assembly constituency

Legislative Assembly constituency in Gujarat State, India

Visavadar
Constituency No. 87 for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
District	Junagadh
LS constituency	Junagadh
Established	1972
Total electors	259,296^[2]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vacant^[1]
Party	TBA

Visavadar is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.^[3]^[4] It is part of Junagadh district and a segment of Junagadh Lok Sabha constituency.

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments,^[5]

Visavadar Taluka
Bhesan Taluka
Junagadh Taluka (Part) Villages – Kerala, Bhiyal, Choki, Kathrota, Isapur, Baliyavad, Chokli, Vadal, Sukhpur, Bamangam, Dervan, Hasnapur, Jambudi, Indreshvar, Surajkund, Girnar Hills, Dungar Thana, Bordevi, Limbdi Dhar, Mandlikpur, Nava Pipaliya, Bandhala, Bhalgam, Mandanpara, Ramnath, Dungarpur, Vijapur, Sodvadar, Intala, Patapur, Salatha, Khadiya, Toraniya, Navagam, Bilkha, Umrala, Avatadiya Mota, Chorvadi, Anandpur, Mevasa Khadiya, Bagdu, Prabhatpur, Rameshvar, Avatadiya Nana, Mevasa Kamribaina, Bela, Badalpur, Jamka, Semrala, Sankhdavadar, Thumbala.
Bagasara Taluka (Part) of Amreli District Village – Kadaya

Members of Vidhan Sabha

Year	Member
1972	Ramjibhai Karkar^[6]	Indian National Congress
1975	Kuraji Bhesaniya	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1980	Dhirajlal Ribadiya	Indian National Congress
1980	Dhirajlal Ribadiya	Indian National Congress
1985	Popatlal Ramani	Indian National Congress
1990	Kuraji Bhesaniya	Janata Dal
1995	Keshubhai Patel	Bharatiya Janata Party
1995	Keshubhai Patel	Bharatiya Janata Party
1998	Keshubhai Patel	Bharatiya Janata Party
2002	Kanu Bhalala	Bharatiya Janata Party
2007	Kanu Bhalala	Bharatiya Janata Party
2012	Keshubhai Patel	Gujarat Parivartan Party
2014 (By-election)	Harshad Ribadiya	Indian National Congress
2017	Harshadkumar Ribadiya^[7]	Indian National Congress
2022	Bhupendrabhai Gandubhai Bhayani	Aam Aadmi Party

Election results

2024 by-election

2022

Gujarat Assembly election, 2022: Visavadar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AAP	Bhupendrabhai Bhayani^[8]	66,210	45.18
	BJP	Harshadkumar Ribadiya	59,147	40.36
	INC	Karashanbhai Vadadoriya	16,963	11.57
	BSP	Vaghela Nathabhai	1,842	1.26
	NOTA	None of the above	1,765	1.2
Majority			7,063	4.82
Turnout
Registered electors			256,490	^[9]
	AAP gain from INC		Swing

2017

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Visavadar^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Harshadkumar Ribadiya	81,882	54.69
	BJP	Patel Kirit Balubhai	58,781	39.26
Majority
Turnout
	INC hold		Swing

2014 by-election

2014 Gujarat Legislative Assembly By election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Harshadkumar Ribadiya	67,128	51.24
	BJP	Bharat Patel	56,868	43.41	+13.97
Majority			10,260	7.83	-20.53
Turnout			131,013	56.38	-9.92
	INC gain from GPP		Swing

2012

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	GPP	Keshubhai Patel	85,967	57.80	*New*
	BJP	Kanubhai Bhalala	43,781	29.44
Majority			40,186	28.36
Turnout
	GPP gain from BJP		Swing

2007

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Kanu Bhalala	38,179	45.16
	INC	Harshadkumar Ribadiya	33,950	40.16
	BJSH	Goganbhai Pansuriya	5,022	5.94
Majority
Turnout
	BJP hold		Swing

2002

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Kanu Bhalala	45,242	49.40
	INC	Keshubhai Naranbhai Ambaliya	26,423	28.85
	Independent	Beepenchandra Ramani	14,044	15.33
Majority
Turnout
	BJP hold		Swing

1995

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1995^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	BJP	Keshubhai Patel	58,157
	INC	Bhensaniya Kurjibhai Dungarbhai	28,612
Majority
Turnout
	BJP hold		Swing

References

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^ ^a ^b "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2017". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
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