Deesa Assembly Election Results, Gujarat

The Gujarat Assembly elections are to be held by December 2017. Updated information will be available as soon as the results are out post-election.

About Deesa Assembly (Vidha Sabha) Constituency– Bye Elections 2014

By-election in Deesa assembly constituency will take place on September 13, 2014 and votes will be counted on September 16. By-election in Deesa was necessitated because the sitting MLA Liladharbhai Khodaji Vaghela got elected in Lok Sabha and the seat became vacant. While Lebbji Thakor is the BJP candidate, Govabhai Desai is the Congress candidate from Deesa assembly constituency of Banaskantha district of Gujarat. BJP seems to be ahead in the race as 18 out of 27 member municipality is under their control. Deesa seat was won by BJP during 2007 and 2012 assembly elections. Liladharbhai K. Vaghela of BJP defeated his closest rival Rajendra Dhudabhai Joshi of Congress by 17,706 votes during 2012 assembly election.

Total electorate in Deesa assembly constituency is 2,30,537, among which 1,20,512 are male and 1,10,025 are female. Average literacy rate in Deesa is 65 per cent, higher than national average. Caste politics play important role here. There are considerable Maldhari and Thakore votes in Deesa assembly. More than 13 per cent of the population in Deesa belong to SC and ST communities. Religion-wise, people from Hindu, Muslim, Parsi, and Christian communities live here. History of communal tension is there in this assembly segment.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Deesa Assembly Constituency

Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Deesa assembly elections conducted so far.

Year	A C No.	Constituency	Category	Winner	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Party	Votes
2014(By Poll)	13	Deesa	GEN	Rabari Govabhai	INC	73962	Parmar (Thakor) Lebabhai Chamnaji	BJP	63568
2012	13	Deesa	GEN	Govabhai Hamirabhai Rabari	INC	10394	Parmar (Thakor) Lebabhai Chamnaji	BJP	63568
2007	98	Deesa	GEN	Liladharbhai Khodaji Vaghela	BJP	72064	Rabari Govabhai Hamirabhai	INC	53442
2002	98	Deesa	GEN	Rabari Govabhai Hamirabhai	INC	65080	Gordhanji Gigaji Mali	BJP	63059
1998	98	Deesa	GEN	Gordhanji Gigaji Mali	BJP	51342	Rabari Govabhai Hamirabhai	INC	40891
1995	98	Deesa	GEN	Mali Gordhanji Gigaji	BJP	58047	Vaghela Liladharbhai Khodaji	INC	32566
1990	98	Deesa	GEN	Vaghela Liladharbhai Khodaji	JD	28027	Jani Hareshkumar Shamjibhai	BJP	17901
1985	98	Deesa	GEN	Vaghela Liladharbhai Khodaji	IND	25454	Desai Mohanbhai Visabhai	INC	23814
1980	98	Deesa	GEN	Desai Mohanbhai Visabhai	JNP(JP)	19493	Vaghela Liladhar Khodaji	INC(I)	18360
1975	98	Deesa	GEN	Patel Vinodchandra Jethalal	NCO	14875	Shah Lalitchandra Manilal	INC	9755
1972	88	Deesa	GEN	Bhikhaji Punjaji Parmar	INC	15375	Shantilal S Shah	NCO	10436
1967	88	Deesa	GEN	S.S. Shah	INC	19506	H.V. Rathod	SWA	15433
1962	52	Deesa	GEN	Vinodchandra Jethalal Patel	INC	13312	Navanitlal Bhagwandas Sheth	SWA	8532