Tankara 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 Tankara Assembly (Vidha Sabha) Constituency– Bye Elections 2014

Tankara assembly constituency is located in Morbi district of Gujarat, where byelection will be held on September 13, 2014 and counting will be done on September 16. Organising this election got necessitated after sitting MLA of BJP, Mohanbhai Kundariya, got elected to Lok Sabha last May and the seat became vacant. During 2012 assembly election, he won over Maganbhai Vadaviya of INC by 15,404 votes. Tankara has been a stronghold of Gujarat’s ruling party for decades. During the upcoming byelection, there will be straight contest between BJP and Congress candidates. While Bavnjibhai Patel is BJP candidate, Lalitkumar Kagthara is the Congress candidate from Tankara. There is a great setback for INC in  Tankara assembly constituency even before filing nomination. Congress Chief of Morbi district joined BJP along with 45 Congress workers.

Total voters in Tankara assembly segment is 2,08,855 among which 1,00,322 are female voters and 1,08,533 male voters. There is a sizeable Muslim population in this assembly seat. Two major caste communities here are Kolis and Leuva Patels. SC and ST population accounts for around 10 per cent of the population. Development has become a key issue during the elections in recent times in Tankara assembly constituency.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Tankara Assembly Constituency

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

Year	A C No.	Constituency	Category	Winner	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Party	Votes
2014 (By Poll)	66	Tankara	GEN	Metaliya Bavanjibhai Hansrajbhai	BJP	65833	Kagathra Lalitbhai Karamashibhai	INC	54102
2012	66	Tankara	GEN	Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya	BJP	63630	Vadaviya Maganbhai Dhanjibhai	INC	48223
2007	14	Tankara	GEN	Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya	BJP	66215	Brijesh Merja	INC	47120
2002	14	Tankara	GEN	Kundariya Mohanbhai Kalyanji	BJP	62251	Kagathara Lalitkumar Karamshibhai	INC	51398
1998	14	Tankara	GEN	Kundariya Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai	BJP	52321	Boda Vaghjibhai Rugnathbhai	INC	41705
1995	14	Tankara	GEN	Kundariya Mohan Kalyanji	BJP	53866	Boda Vaghjibhai Rughnathbhai	INC	44861
1990	14	Tankara	GEN	Keshubhai Savdas Patel	BJP	48015	Boda Vaghjibhai Rugnathbhai	JD	23341
1985	14	Tankara	GEN	Patel Vallabhbhai Popatbhai	INC	57888	Ruparelia Mohan Lal Devjibhai	BJP	6577
1980	14	Tankara	GEN	Patel Vallabhbhai Popatlal	IND	32686	Gondalia Thakarshi Nanji	INC(I)	16199
1975	14	Tankara	GEN	Boda Govindbhai Jethabhai	KLP	24458	Lunagariya Mavibhai Punjabhai	INC	22639
1972	13	Tankara	GEN	Boda Govind Jeth	IND	16742	V Jaysukhlal Shah	INC	13825
1967	13	Tankara	GEN	V. J. Shah	INC	13104	M. R. Ranpura	BJS	10209