Godhra (Lok Sabha constituency)

Godhra was a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Gujarat. The seat has been renamed 'Panchmahal' after 2008 delimitation.

Members of Parliament

1967: Piloo Mody, Swatantra Party
1971: Piloo Mody, Swatantra Party
1977: Hitendra Desai, Indian National Congress
1980: Jaideep Singh, Congress (Indira)
1984: Jaideep Singh, Indian National Congress
1989: Shantilal Patel, Indian National Congress
1991: Shankarsinh Vaghela, Bharatiya Janata Party
1996: Shantilal Patel, Indian National Congress
1998: Shantilal Patel, Indian National Congress
1999: Bhupendrasinh Solanki, Bharatiya Janata Party
2004: Bhupendrasinh Solanki, Bharatiya Janata Party
The Godhra constituency was reconstituted as Panchmahal seat in 2008 re-organization of Lok Sabha seats.

Indian general elections, 2009: Panchmahal^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Prabhatsinh Chauhan	282,058	46.50%
	INC	Shankersinh Vaghela	279,989	46.15%
	LJP	Kalim Shaikh	23,615	3.89%
Majority			2,081	0.35%
Turnout			606,657	42.64%
	BJP hold		Swing

Indian general elections, 2014: Panchmahal^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Prabhatsinh Chauhan	508,274	54.45%	7.95%
	INC	Ramsinh Parmar	337,678	36.17%	-9.98%
	BSP	Ramchandra Giri	15,956	1.71%	-0.04%
	NOTA	None of the Above	25,981	2.78%	---
Majority			170,596	18.28%	+17.93%
Turnout			933,461	58.84%	+16.20%
	BJP hold		Swing

Lok Sabha constituencies of Gujarat

Current (since 2008)	Kachchh Banaskantha Patan Mahesana Sabarkantha Gandhinagar Ahmedabad East Ahmedabad West Surendranagar Rajkot Porbandar Jamnagar Junagadh Amreli Bhavnagar Anand Kheda Panchmahal Dahod Vadodara Chhota Udaipur Bharuch Bardoli Surat Navsari Valsad

Defunct	Ahmedabad Dhandhuka Kapadvanj Mandvi

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