Tharad Assembly constituency

Legislative Assembly constituency in Gujarat State, India

Tharad
Constituency No. 8 for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
District	Banaskantha
LS constituency	Banaskantha
Established	2008
Total electors	248,450^[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Shankarbhai Lagdhirbhai Chaudhary
Party	Bhartiya Janta Party
Elected year	2022

Tharad is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.^[2]^[3] It is part of Banaskantha district and comes under Banaskantha Lok Sabha constituency for national elections. It came into existence after 2008 delimitation.

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments,^[4]

Tharad Taluka
Lakahni Taluka part

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
2012^[5]	Parbatbhai Patel	Bharatiya Janata Party
2017^[6]^[7]^[8]	Parbatbhai Patel	Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 (by-poll)^[9]	Gulabsinh Pirabhai Rajput	Indian National Congress
2022	Shankarbhai Lagdhirbhai Chaudhary	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2022

Gujarat Assembly election, 2022: Tharad Assembly constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Shankarbhai Chaudhary	1,17,891	54.27
	INC	Gulabsinh Rajput	91,385	42.07
	AAP	Virchandbhai Chavda	278	0.13
	NOTA	None of the above	3,466	1.6
Majority				12.2
Turnout
Registered electors			248,208	^[10]
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2019 Bypoll

By-election, 2019: Tharad^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Gulabsinh Pirabhai Rajput	73,000	48.55
	BJP	Jivraj Jagtabhai Patel	66,587	44.31
	NOTA	None of the above	3,583	2.38
Majority			6,372	4.24
Turnout			1,50,286	68.94
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2017

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Tharad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Parbatbhai Patel	69,789	38.75	-3.60
	INC	Damraji Rajput	58,056	32.23	-7.97
	Independent	Mavjibhai Patel	42,982	23.86
	NOTA	None of the above	2,725	1.51
Majority			11,733	6.51
Turnout			1,80,297	86.15
	BJP hold		Swing

2012

2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Tharad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Parbatbhai Patel	68,517	42.35
	INC	Mavjibhai Patel	65,044	40.20
	Independent	Shatibhai Jeradiya	14,074	8.70
	Independent	Bhagavanbhai Brahman	7,418	4.58
Majority			3,473	2.15
Turnout			161800	85.50
	BJP win (new seat)

References

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^ "Parliament / Assembly constituency wise PS & Electors Detail - Draft Roll - 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^ "Gujarat: Order No. 33: Table-A: Assembly constituency and Their Extent" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Delimitation Commission of India. 12 December 2006. pp. 2–31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
^ "Gujarat: Order No. 33: Table-A: Assembly constituency and Their Extent" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Delimitation Commission of India. 12 December 2006. pp. 2–31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
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^ "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2017". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
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^ Financialexpress (8 December 2022). "Gujarat Election Results: Full list of winners in 2017 and how it changed in 2022". Archived from the original on 18 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^ "Gujarat Bypoll Results 2019: Congress, BJP Tie With 3 Seats Each". 24 October 2019. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
^ "Gujarat Legislative Elections". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ Zee News (25 October 2019). "By-election results 2019: List of winners in 51 Assembly and Satara, Samastipur". Archived from the original on 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.