Gujarat Assembly Election 2022: Radhanpur, one of the 182 Gujarat Legislative Assembly constituencies, is located in Patan district. The Radhanpur constituency is a stronghold of the Opposition party- Congress. The grand old party won the last two elections- 2017 and 2019 (By-election). Alpesh Thakor won in 2017 on a Congress ticket but he later joined BJP. However, Congress’ another candidate Raghubhai Desai retained the seat by defeating BJP candidate Alpesh Khodaji Thakor.
BJP candidate Lovingji Thakor won the seat by 22,467 votes margin.
Radhanpur falls in Patan Lok Sabha constituency which is held by BJP MP Bharatsinhji Dabhi Thakor. Having Lok Sabha MP from BJP gives an advantage to the ruling party in Radhanpur. However, there was a tight fight between BJP and Congress.
In the last assembly election 2019, Congress candidate Raghubhai Desai won with 77,410 votes (45.52% vote share) over BJP candidate Alpesh Thakor who got 73,603 votes with 43.28% vote share.
History of Bharuch Constituency:
Year, Name, Party
- 1962 - Porania Devkaran Jivanlal, Congress
- 1967 - R.K. Jadeja, SWA
- 1972 - Nirmala Jhaveri, Congress
- 1985 - Khodidan Zula, Congress
- 2007 - Shankarbhai Chaudhary, BJP
- 2012 - Nagarji Thakor, BJP
- 2017 - Alpesh Thakor Congress
- 2019 – Raghubhai Desai Congress
Radhanpur Taluka Santalpur Taluka, Entire taluka except village – Kesargadh, Sami Taluka (Part) Villages- Dadar, Dhadhana, Sherpura, Ranavada, Kharchariya, Gochnad, Bismillabad, Babri, Chandarni, Rampura, Jakhel, Godhana, Daudpur, Mandvi, Bhamathal, Mubarakpura, Sajupura, Nana Joravarpura, Matrota, Mota Joravarpura, Varana, Mahmadpura, Baspa, Kanij, Dadka, Umedpura, Lalpur, Adgam, Vahedpur, Sukhpura, Ved, Rupnagar, Bhadrada, Gajdinpura, Samsherpura, Sonar, Vaval, Jalalabad, Gujarvada, Jhilvana, Kathivada, Vaghpura, Rafu, Badarganj, Koddha, Anvarpura, Nani Chandur fall in Radhanpur constituency.
The constituency has total 259,055 electorates
Candidates for assembly election 2022:
- Congress- Raghubhai Desai
- AAP- Lalji Thakor
- BJP- Lovingji Thakor
Vote for Legislative Assembly election was held on 1 and 5 December 2022 in two phases, to elect 182 members of 15th Assembly. The counting of votes took place on December 8, 2022.
