Surat (Lok Sabha constituency)

Surat
Existence	1951-present
Reservation	None
Current MP	Darshana Jardosh
Party	BJP
Elected Year	2014
State	Gujarat
Total Electors	1,420,969^[1]
Assembly Constituencies	Olpad Surat East Surat North Varachha Road Karanj Katargam Surat West

Surat Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Gujarat. Veteran BJP strongman Kashiram Rana has been an MP from this seat for 6 terms. Surat was also the constituency of the 7th Prime Minister of India Morarji Desai, who has been an MP for this constituency for 5 terms. Surat has elected BJP leaders as MP since 1989 with overwhelming margins.

1 Assembly Segments
2 Members of Parliament
3 Past Elections
4 See also
5 Notes

Assembly Segments

Assembly Segment No	Name of Assembly Seat	Reserved for
155	Olpad	None
159	Surat Purva	None
160	Surat Uttar	None
161	Varachha Marg	None
162	Karanj	None
166	Katargam	None
167	Surat Pashchim	None

Members of Parliament

	Election Year	Political party
Nanabhai Desai	1951	Indian National Congress
Morarji Desai	1957
	1962
	1967
	1971	Indian National Congress (Organization)
	1977	Janata Party
C. D. Patel	1980	Indian National Congress
C. D. Patel	1984	Indian National Congress
Kashiram Rana	1989	Bharatiya Janata Party
	1991
	1996
	1998
	1999
	2004
Darshana Jardosh	2009
Darshana Jardosh	2014

Past Elections

2014 General Elections

Indian general elections, 2014: Surat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Darshana Vikram Jardosh	7,18,412	75.75	+23.30
	INC	Naishadhbhai Bhupatbhai Desai	1,85,222	19.53	-22.17
	AAP	Mohanbhai Budhabhai Patel	18,877	1.99	+1.99
	BSP	Omprakash Anandiprasad Srivastav	6,346	0.67	N/A
	Independent	Mukeshbhai Lavjibhai Ambaliya	2,695	0.28	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	10,936	1.15	+1.15
Majority			5,33,190	56.22	+45.47
Turnout			9,47,922	63.87	+14.86
	BJP hold		Swing	+23.30

2009 General Elections

Indian general elections, 2009: Surat^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Darshana Jardosh	3,64,947	52.45%
	INC	Dhirubhai Gajera	2,90,149	41.70%
	MJP	Fakirbhai Chauhan	15,518	2.23%
	RPI(A)	Bathvar Naresh Nanjibhai	557	0.08%
	LSWP	Kanubhai Patel	2,360	0.34%
Majority			74,798	10.75%
	BJP hold		Swing

2004 General Elections

Indian general elections, 2004: Surat ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kashiram Rana	5,08,076
	INC	Chandravadan Pithawala	3,57,513
Majority			1,50,563
	BJP hold		Swing

1999 General Elections

Indian general elections, 1999: Surat^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kashiram Rana	4,23,773
	INC	Rupin Pachchigar	1,74,576
Majority			2,49,197
	BJP hold		Swing

1998 General Elections ^[5]

Indian general elections, 1998: Surat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kashiram Rana	5,64,601
	INC	Thakorbhai Naik	2,60,579
Majority			3,04,022
	BJP hold		Swing

1996 General Elections^[6]

Indian general elections, 1996: Surat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kashiram Rana	3,76,933
	INC	Manubhai Kotadia	2,01,672
Majority			1,75,261
	BJP hold		Swing

1991 General Elections^[7]

Indian general elections, 1991: Surat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kashiram Rana	3,36,285
	INC	Sahdev Chaudhary	2,29,931
Majority			1,06,354
	BJP hold		Swing

1989 General Elections ^[8]

Indian general elections, 1989: Surat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kashiram Rana
	INC	C. D. Patel
Majority
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

1984 General Elections^[9]

Indian general elections, 1984: Surat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	C. D. Patel	2,86,928
	BJP	Kashiram Rana	2,36,253
Majority			50,675
	INC hold		Swing

1980 General Elections^[10]

Indian general elections, 1980: Surat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	C. D. Patel	2,34,263
	Janata Party	Ashok Mehta	2,07,602
Majority			26,661
	INC(I) gain from Janata Party		Swing

1977 General Elections^[11]

Indian general elections, 1977: Surat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Janata Party	Morarji Desai	2,06,206
	INC	Jashvantsinh Chauhan	1,84,746
Majority			21,460
	Janata Party hold		Swing

1971 General Elections^[12]

Indian general elections, 1971: Surat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCO	Morarji Desai	1,70,321
	INC	Gordhandas Chokhawala	1,38,797
Majority			31,524
	NCO gain from INC(I)		Swing

1967 General Elections ^[13]

Indian general elections, 1967: Surat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Morarji Desai	1,63,836
	Independent	Jashvantsinh Chauhan	40,928
Majority			1,22,908
	INC hold		Swing

1962 General Elections ^[14]

Indian general elections, 1962: Surat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Morarji Desai	1,65,225
	Independent	Jashvantsinh Chauhan	66,194
Majority			99,031
	INC hold		Swing

Notes

Lok Sabha constituencies of Gujarat

Current (since 2008)	Kachchh Banaskantha Patan Mahesana Sabarkantha Gandhinagar Ahmedabad East Ahmedabad West Surendranagar Rajkot Porbandar Jamnagar Junagadh Amreli Bhavnagar Anand Kheda Panchmahal Dahod Vadodara Chhota Udaipur Bharuch Bardoli Surat Navsari Valsad

Defunct	Ahmedabad Dhandhuka Kapadvanj Mandvi

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Surat (Lok Sabha constituency)