Vav (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Vav assembly constituency (વાવ વિધાનસભા બેઠક) is one of the 182 assembly constituency of Gujarat. It is located in Banaskantha District.

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments,[1]

1. Vav Taluka
2. Bhabhar Taluka
3. Santalpur Taluka (Part) of Patan District Village – Kesargadh
4. Suigam Taluka

Total Number of Voters

[2]

Election	Polling Stations	Male Voters	Female Voters	Others	Total Voters
2017	315	134876	121547	0	256423
2014	281	126696	112579	0	239275

Member of Legislative Assembly

• 2007 - Parbat Patel, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2012 - Shankar Chaudhary, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2017 - Geniben Thakor, Indian National Congress

Election results

2017

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2017: Vav

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Geniben Nagaji Thakor	1,02,328	49.00
	BJP	Shankar Lagdhirbhai Chaudhary	95,673	45.82
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,765	1.80
Majority			6,655	3.18
Turnout			2,08,824	81.22
	INC hold		Swing

2012

[3]

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shankarbhai Chaudhary	72640	41.30
	INC	Geniben Thakor	60729	34.53
Majority			11911	6.77
Turnout			175883	77.82
	BJP hold		Swing

2007

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Parbat Patel	73230	46.57
	Independent	Mavjibhai Patel	30521	19.41
Majority			42709	27.16
Turnout			157279	70.60
	BJP hold		Swing

2002

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Hemaji Rajput	72640	50.04
	BJP	Parbat Patel	58402	41.61
Majority			11826	8.43
Turnout			140363	69.61
	INC hold		Swing

1998

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Hemaji Rajput	72730	57.84
	BJP	Mavjibhai Patel	48773	38.79
Majority			23957	19.05
Turnout			130676	78.53
	INC hold		Swing

1995

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Parbat Patel	52640	41.20
	INC	Hemaji Rajput	50519	39.54
Majority			2121	1.66
Turnout			131322	79.32
	Independent hold		Swing

1990

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	Mavjibhai Patel	36339	41.34
	INC	Parbat Patel	32088	36.50
Majority			4251	4.84
Turnout			89540	63.79
	JD hold		Swing

1985

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1985

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Parbat Patel	46208	65.04
	Independent	Harisinhji Chavda	23367	32.89
Majority			22841	32.15
Turnout			73126	54.92
	INC hold		Swing

1980

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Hemabhai Parmar	27474	47.20
	JP	Jagatbhai Kandali	22830	39.22
Majority			4644	7.98
Turnout			60192	52.80
	INC hold		Swing

1975

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1975

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Hemabhai Parmar	19991	42.57
	INC (O)	Jetsibhai Paya	18965	40.39
Majority			1026	2.18
Turnout			50742	51.73
	INC (O) hold		Swing

1972

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1972

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Daulatbhai Parmar	13396	51.17
	INC (O)	Sartanbhai Kala	8170	31.21
Majority			5226	19.96
Turnout			28783	38.38
	INC hold		Swing

1967

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	J. P. Parmar	20812	68.55
	INC	K. M. Parmar	9550	31.45
Majority			11262	37.09
Turnout			33495	50.43
	SWA hold		Swing

References

1. "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.
2. http://ceo.gujarat.gov.in/download/PCAC.pdf
3. http://ceo.gujarat.gov.in/download/Detail_Report_AC2012.pdf