BHAVNAGAR
Constituency no. 15 in Gujarat · Lok Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Gujarat also has an assembly constituency called BHAVNAGAR. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 3 results.
Winner, 2014
DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL
BJP
Elections held
16
1962–2024
Most successful party
BJP
won 9 of 16
Margin, 2014
2,95,488
32.21% of valid votes
Result, 2014
Runner-up
INCRATHOD PRAVINBHAI JINABHAI
- Votes
- 2,54,041
- Vote share
- 27.69%
- Behind by
- 2,95,488
Electors
15,94,531
Total votes polled
9,17,402
Valid votes
9,17,402
NOTA votes
9,590
1.05% of votes polled
Turnout
57.5%
Full result, 2014
16 candidates · 9,17,402 valid votes
DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYALBJPwon
5,49,529
59.9%
RATHOD PRAVINBHAI JINABHAIINC
2,54,041
27.7%
DR. KANUBHAI V. KALSARIAAAAP
49,540
5.4%
GITA CHETAN PAUNDA (ADVOCATE GITABA JADEJA)BSP
9,345
1.0%
VAGHELA NARENDRABHAI SHAVJIBHAIIND
9,113
1.0%
VEGAD NATHABHAI (VEGADBHAI PRAGNACHAKSHU CANDIDATE)IND
7,550
0.8%
BHAVES GHANSHYAMBHAI RAJYAGURUIND
5,912
0.6%
RATHOD PRAVINSINH CHANDRASINHIND
5,530
0.6%
KAGADA RAMESHBHAI PUNABHAIIND
3,542
0.4%
RASIDKHAN HASANKHAN PATHANIND
2,707
0.3%
GOHIL PRAVINSINH DHIRUBHAIND
2,276
0.3%
MARU MANHAR VALAJIBHAIIND
2,257
0.3%
Showing the top 12 of 16. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | NIMUBEN JAYANTIBHAI BAMBHANIYA (NIMUBEN BAMBHANIYA) | BJP | 7,16,883 | 68.45% | UMESHBHAI NARANBHAI MAKWANA | 4,55,289 |
| 2019 | DR.BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL | BJP | 6,61,273 | 63.51% | PATEL MANHARBHAI NAGJIBHAI (VASANI) | 3,29,519 |
| 2014 | DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL | BJP | 5,49,529 | 59.90% | RATHOD PRAVINBHAI JINABHAI | 2,95,488 |
| 2009 | RAJENDRASINH GHANSHYAMSINH RANA (RAJUBHAI RANA) | BJP | 2,13,376 | 34.23% | GOHILMAHAVIRSINHBHAGIRATHSINH | 5,893 |
| 2004 | RANA RAJENDRASINH GHANASHYAMSINH (RAJUBHAI RANA) | BJP | 2,47,336 | 55.60% | GIGABHAI BHAVUBHAI GOHIL (GIGABHAI GOHIL) | 80,426 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above