2007 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election

Gujarat's twelfth legislative election was held in 2007. In this election, the BJP led by Narendra Modi won 117 seats out of 182 (ten seats fewer than in 2002). Congress improved its performance and won 59 seats (eight more than last election). Modi fought elections in Maninagar and won with a major majority. NCP won three seats, JDU won only one seat and independent candidates won only two seats. This was a turning point of Modi in politics.

Campaigns

Bhartiya Janta Party BJP Manifesto:

Election manifesto was released by Gujarat BJP in the year 2007. The main points of which are as follows: A poverty-free Gujarat was promised, according to which there will be no poor in Gujarat. This is not a concept but actual planning. Gujarat's domestic production will be doubled, blueprint prepared. Annual per capita income in Gujarat is Rs. 80,000 determined to carry on. BJP will prioritize honesty and transparency in governance and administration of Gujarat. Gujarat's power generation will be doubled in five years. The production will be increased to twenty thousand MW. In the next five years, not a single house in Gujarat will be left without electricity connection. Gujarat will achieve the best position in financial and technical matters in the near future. Irrigation capacity will be increased by one and a half times. Giving huge relief in irrigation rates to farmers, determined to make them rich. BJP will give priority to increase the coverage of education and make the level of education international standards. Determination to make Gujarat the center of the world in the field of science and technology. Determination to make Gujarat the number one best state in the country on the occasion of Gujarat's Golden Jubilee in the year 2010. Houses will be provided to the homeless poor in urban and rural areas. Dropout ratio in primary education will be taken to zero percent. All houses will be provided with clean drinking water through taps. Comprehensive insurance cover for the poor. Perennial roads to all villages. Healthy, clean and serene Gujarat. Developmental use of youth power. People of all castes, religions. Department of Floriculture will be constituted. Relief of up to fifty percent in irrigation rates to small and marginal farmers. Goal of 100 percent enrollment in primary education. Comprehensive insurance cover for the poor. For the development of youth power in Gujarat Rs. A revolving fund of one thousand crores will be created. Special care will be taken for elders and children of the state. Many special schemes will be implemented for the overall development of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Urban Poor, Sagarkhedu, Growing Castes during five years. Commitment to grow industries. BJP will continue to work to accelerate Gujarat's progress towards green revolution. Care will be taken to ensure that farmers get value addition on farm produce. Emphasis will be placed on women empowerment. The development of organized and unorganized sector workers will be achieved, Gujarat can be developed only through their development. An independent commission will be constituted to formulate a comprehensive plan for workforce development. Determination was expressed to provide security and safety to the people of Gujarat. Terrorism and anti-social activities will be banned. An important target for the overall development of Gujarat, a growth rate of 12 percent per annum will be achieved in the next five years.

Indian National Congress

Results

Results by constituency The list of the members of the Gujarat Vidhan Sabha are as follows:

No.ConstituencyWinnerParty1AbdasaJayantilal Parshottam45AmreliDileepbhai Sanghani133AnandPatel Jyotsnaben Rajubhai5AnjarDr. Smt. Nimabahen Bhaveshbhai Acharya157AnkleshwarIshwarsinh Thakorebhai Patel72AsarvaPradeepsinh Bhagvatsinh Jadeja43BabraBavkubhai Nathabhai Undhad124BalasinorMansinh Kohyabhai Chauhan166BardoliKunvarjibhai Narsinhbhai Halpati61BavlaKanti Lakum109BayadUdesinh Punjaji Zala139BhadranRajendrasinh Dhirsinh Parmar29BhanwadMulu Ayar Bera156BharuchDushyantbhai Rajnikant Patel57Bhavnagar City(North)Vibhavari Dave58Bhavnagar City(South)Shaktisinh Gohil105BhilodaAnilbhai Jaljibhai Joshiyara3BhujVasanbhai Ahir138BorsadAmit Ajitsinh Chavda49BotadSaurabh Patel132ChaklasiShankarbhai Desaibhai Vaghela92ChanasmaRajnikant Patel176ChikhliNareshbhai Maganbhai Patel172ChoryasiNarottambhai Trikamdas Patel141ChotaudepurGulsinhbhai Rangalabhai Rathwa10ChotilaJinjaiya Popatbhai Savsibhai145DabhoiSidhdharth Chimanbhai Patel114DahodVajesinghbhai Parsingbhai Panada177Dangs-VansadaVijaybhai Rameshbhai Patel102DantaGadhavi Mukeshkumar Bheravdanji69Dariyapur-KazipurBharatkumar Chimanlal Barot7DasadaShambhuprasad Baldevdasji Tundiya65DaskroiBabubhai Jamanadas Patel159DediyapadaAmarsinh Ramsinh Vasava98DeesaLiladharbhai Khodaji Vaghela66DahegamJagdish Thakor96DeoderAnil Mali116DevgadhbariaTusharsinh Kanaksinh Maharaol59DhandhukaRanchhodbhai Karshanbhai Mer99DhaneraMafatlal Motiram Purohit46DhariMansukh Bhuva179DharmpurChhanabhai Kolubhai Chaudhari60DholkaKanjibhai Rayabhai Talpada22DhorajiJayeshbhai Viththalbhai Radadia12DhrangadhraHarilal Mohanlal Patel31DwarkaPabubha Virambha Manek50GadhdaAtmaram Makanbhai Parmar68EllisbridgeRakesh Jashvantlal Shah175GandeviLaxmanbhai Parsottambhai Patel79GandhinagarShambhuji Chelaji Thakore56GhoghaParsottambhai Odhavjibhai Solanki120GodhraChandrasinji Kanaksinhji Raolji20GondalChandubhai Bachubhai Vaghasia118HalolJaydrathsinhji Chandrasinhji Parmar11HalvadDevjibhai Govindbhai Fatepara106HimmatnagarPraful Khodbhai Patel104IdarRamanlal Ishwarlal Vora173JalalporRameshbhai Chhotubhai Patel76JamalpurSabirbhai Kabliwala154JambusarKirankumar Laxmanbhai Makwana28JamjodhpurBrijrajsinhji Hemantsinhji Jadeja30KhambhaliyaMegh Kanzariya25JamnagarVasubahen Narendrabhai Trivedi26Jamnagar(Rural)Lalji Premji Solanki16JasdanBharatbhai Khodabhai Boghara21JetpurJashubahen Savjibhai Korat142Jetpur-PaviMohansinh Chhotubhai Rathwa158Jhagadia Chhotubhai Vasava24JodiaRaghavji Hansrajbhai Patel82JotanaJashoda Parmar42JunagadhMahendra Liladhar Mashru81KadiNitinbhai Patel27KalawadRanchhodbhai Chanabhai Faldu80KalolSureshkumar Chaturdas Patel119Kalol(Panchmahal)Arvindsinh Damsinh Rathod71KalupurMohammadfarooq Hussainmiyan Shaikh167KamrejBharatibahen Amrutbhai Rathod97KankrejBabubhai Desai125KapadvanjManibhai Devjibhai Patel153KarjanChandubhai Motibhai Dabhi128KathlalZala Gautambhai Jesangbhai36KeshodVandna Makwana75KhadiaAshok Bhatt140KhambhatShirishkumar Madhusudan Shukla103KhedbrahmaAshwinbhai Laxmanbhai Kotwal87KheraluBharatsinhji Shankarji Dabhi47KodinarSolanki Dinubhai Boghabhai33KutiyanaBharat Khorani44LathiHanubhai Virjibhai Dhorajiya9LimdiKiritsinh Jitubha Rana113Limdi(Dahod)Bachubhai Nathabhai Kishori115LimkhedaChandrikabahen Chhaganbhai Bariya122LunavadaHirabhai Haribhai Patel129MahemdavadSundarsinh Bhalabhai Chauhan130MahudhaNatvarsinh Fulsinh Thakore54MahuvaKanubhai Valabhai Kalsaria165MahuwaIshwarbhai Narsinhbhai Vahia41MaliyaLavajibhai Rajani62MandalPrag Patel84MansaBabuji Mohanji Thakor77ManinagarNarendra Modi35ManavadarJawahar Pethalji Chavda2MandviDhanjibhai Govindbhai Senghani34MangrolBhagwanjibhai Lakhabhai Kargatiya162Mangrol(Surat)Ganpatbhai Vestabhai Vasava137MatarDevusinh Jesingbhai Chauhan110MeghrajMahendrasinh Shankarsinh Vaghela83MehsanaAnilkumar Tribhovandas Patel108ModasaDilipsinh Vakhatsinh Parmar13MorbiKantilal Shivlal Amrutia180Mota PondhaJitubhai Harjibhai Chaudhari4MundraRameshbhai Vachhraj Maheshwari131NadiadDesai Pankajkumar Vinubhai 78NarodaMayabahen Surendrakumar Kodnani143NasvadiDhirubhai Chunilal Bhil174NavsariMangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel161NijharPareshbhai Govindbhai Vasava168OldpadKiritbhai Gangaram Patel152PadraDineshbhai Balubhai Patel100PalanpurGovind Madhav Prajapati51PalitanaMahendra Sarvaiya91PatanAnandiben Patel181PardiUshabahen Girishkumar Patel135PetladNiranjanbhai Parsottamdas Patel32PorbandarArjunbhai Devabhai Modhvadia107PrantijJay Chauhan94RadhanpurShankarbhai Lagdhirbhai Chaudhari117RajgadhFatesinh Vakhatsinh Chauhan17Rajkot-1Govindbhai Ukabhai Patel18Rajkot-2Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala19Rajkot RuralBhanu Babariya160RajpiplaHarshadbhai Chunilal Vasava48RajulaHira Solanki73RakhiyalVallabhbhai Gobarbhai Kakadiya123RandhikpurJashvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor149RaopuraYogesh Naranbhai Patel6RaparBabubhai Meghji Shah67SabarmatiGeetabahen Yogeshbhai Patel93Sami-HarijRathod Bhavsinhbhai Dahyabhai144SankhedaAbhesinh Motibhai Tadvi111SantarampurParanjayadityasinhji Krushnakumarsinhji Parmar64SarkhejAmit Shah134SarsaJayantbhai Ramanbhai Patel (Boski)53SavarkundlaKalubhai Virjibhai Virani146SavliKhumansinh Raysinh Chauhan148SayajiganjJitendra Ratilal Sukhadiya121ShaheraJethabhai Ghelabhai Bharwad74ShaherkotdaShailesh Manharbhai Parmar70ShahpurGyasuddin Habibuddin Shaikh52ShihorKeshu Nakarani89Sidhdhapur Jaynarayan Narmadashankar Vyas136SojitraAmbalal Ashabhai Rohit38SomnathVira Jotava163SongadhPrabhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava170Surat City(East)Ranjitbhai Mangubhai Gilitwala169Surat City(North)Nanubhai Bhagwanbhai Vanani171Surat City(West)Kishorebhai Ratilal Vankawala55TalajaBhavna Makwana37TalalaBhagwanbhai Dhanabhai Barad14TankaraMohanlal Kalyanjibhai Kundaria126ThasraRamsinh Prabhatsinh Parmar182UmbergaonRamanlal Nanubhai Patkar127UmrethLalsinh Udesinh Vadodiya39UnaKalu Rathod88UnjhaNarayanbhai Lalludas Patel23UpletaPravin Makadiya101VadgamFakirbhai Raghabhai Vaghela8WadhwanVarshabahen Narendrabhai Doshi147Vadodara CityBhupendra Gatulal Lakhawala151Vadodara(Rural)Upendrasinhji Pratapsinhji Gohil155VagaraIqbal Ibrahim Patel90VagdodJodhaji Gulabji Thakore150VaghodiyaMadhubhai Babubhai Srivastava178ValsadDolatbhai Nathubhai Desai15WankanerMohammed Javed Pirzada95VavParbatbhai Savabhai Patel85VijapurKanti Patel63ViramgamKama Rathod40VisavadarKanu Bhalala86VisnagarRushikesh Ganeshbhai Patel164VyaraPunabhai Dhedabhai Gamit112ZalodDitabhai Bhimabhai Machhar

Bypolls YearConstituencyReason for by-pollWinning candidateParty2009DahegamResignation of Jagdish ThakorKalyan ChauhanChotilaK.V. HarajibhaiJasdanBharat BogharaDhorajiVitthal Radadiya electedt to Lok Sabha Jayesh RadadiyaKodinarB.D.KarshanbhaiSamiR. B. DahyabhaiDantaVasant Bhatol2010ChotilaK.B.VasharambhaiKathlalD.K.Bhulabhai2011KhadiaB A Bhatt2012ManasaT.B. MohansinghjiSource:ECI

See also List of constituencies of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly 2007 elections in India

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