Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency
The constituency was created in 1967 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Somchandbhai Solanki of the Indian National Congress (INC).Solanki represented the Indian National Congress (Organisation) party for the next elections in 1971 and was re-elected.[2] Mavalankar was defeated in the next election in 1980 by INC candidate, Amrit Mohanal Patel.Atal Bihari Vajpayee won this seat in 1996 but chose to resign it so that he could represent Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh.[3] This forced a by-election which was won by Vijay Patel, who defeated film actor Rajesh Khanna (INC), among other candidates.
Lok Sabha constituencyRegionWestern IndiaGujaratGandhinagar NorthSanandGhatlodiyaVejalpurNaranpuraSabarmatiMember of Parliament18th Lok SabhaAmit ShahHome Minister of IndiaLal Krishna AdvaniLok SabhaGandhinagarAtal Bihari VajpayeeLK AdvaniSomchandbhai SolankiIndian National CongressIndian National Congress (Organisation)Purushottam MavalankarSpeaker of the Lok SabhaGanesh Vasudev MavalankarJanata PartyBharatiya Janata PartyShankersinh VaghelaL. K. AdvaniLucknowUttar PradeshVijay PatelRajesh KhannaVidhan SabhaLaxman ThakorAhmedabadKanu PatelGhatlodiaBhupendra PatelAmit ThakerDeputy Prime MinisterIndian National Congress (O)Amrit PatelIndian National Congress (I)Vijaybhai Patel2024 Indian general electionTurnout2019 Indian general electionChatursinh Javanji ChavdaNone of the Above2014 Indian general electionIndependent2009 Indian general electionMallika SarabhaiLoktantrik Samajwadi Party2004 Indian general electionGabhaji Mangaji ThakorAkhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh1999 Indian general electionT. N. Seshan1998 Indian general electionKaka Joginder SinghVijay Harish Chandra Patel1996 Indian general electionAIIC(T)Samata Party1991 Indian general electionDoordarshi Party1989 Indian general electionRPI(K)1984 Indian general election1980 Indian general election1977 Indian general electionPurushottam Ganesh MavalankarINC(O)1971 Indian general election1967 Indian general electionGandhinagar districtList of constituencies of the Lok SabhaThe Times of IndiaThe Times GroupNational Informatics CentreDaily News and AnalysisCNN-IBNAhmedabad EastAhmedabad WestAmreliBanaskanthaBardoliBharuchBhavnagarChhota UdaipurJamnagarJunagadhKachchhMahesanaNavsariPanchmahalPorbandarRajkotSabarkanthaSurendranagarVadodaraValsadDhandhukaGodhraKapadvanjMandvi