# Radhanpur Assembly constituency

Radhanpur is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India. It is part of Patan district and is numbered as 16-Radhanpur . It is one of the seven seats which make up Patan Lok Sabha constituency.
Currently, Raghubhai Desai of INC is the Member of Legislative Assembly from Radhanpur.

## List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments,
* Radhanpur Taluka
* Santalpur Taluka – Entire taluka except village – Kesargadh.
* Sami Taluka (Part) Villages – Dadar, Dhadhana, Sherpura, Ranavada, Kharchariya, Gochnad, Bismillabad, Babri, Chandarni, Rampura, Jakhel, Godhana, Daudpur, Mandvi, Bhamathal, Mubarakpura, Sajupura, Nana Joravarpura, Matrota, Mota Joravarpura, Varana, Mahmadpura, Baspa, Kanij, Dadka, Umedpura, Lalpur, Adgam, Vahedpur, Sukhpura, Ved, Rupnagar, Bhadrada, Gajdinpura, Samsherpura, Sonar, Vaval, Jalalabad, Gujarvada, Jhilvana, Kathivada, Vaghpura, Rafu, Badarganj, Koddha, Anvarpura, Nani Chandur.

## Members of Vidhan Sabha

* 1962 - Porania Devkaran Jivanlal (Congress)
* 1967 - R.K. Jadeja (SWA)
* 1972 - Nirmala Jhaveri (Congress)
* 1985 - Khodidan Zula (Congress)
| Year | Member | Party | Party |
| 1962 | Porania Devkaran Jivanlal | | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | R. K. Jadeja | | SWA |
| 1972 | Nirmala Jhaveri | | Indian National Congress |
| 1985 | Khodidan Zula | | Indian National Congress |
| 1995 | Lavingji Muljiji Solanki | | Independent politician |
| 1996 | Shankarsinh Vaghela | 1998 | Shankar Chaudhary | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2002 | | | Shankar Chaudhary | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2007 | | | Shankar Chaudhary | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2012 | Nagarji Thakor | | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2017 | Alpesh Thakor | | Indian National Congress |
| 2019★ | Raghubhai Desai | | Indian National Congress |
| 2022 | Lavingji Thakor | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
★By election

## Election results
### 2022

Gujarat Assembly election, 2022: Radhanpur Assembly constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Lavingji Thakor | 104512 | 52.7 |
| | INC | Raghubhai Merajbhai Desai | 82045 | 41.37 |
| | AAP | Thakor Lalabhai Raghubhai | 2639 | 1.33 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 3571 | 1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 11.33 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 302,728 | |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | |

### 2019 Bypoll

By-election, 2019: Radhanpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Raghubhai Desai | 77,410 | 45.52 |
| | BJP | Alpesh Thakor | 73,603 | 43.28 |
| | NCP | Goklani Farsubhai Muljibhai | 7,200 | 4.23 |
| | None of the Above | None of the Above | 2,793 | 1.64 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,807 | 2.24 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,70,109 | 63.00 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### 2017

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Radhanpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Alpesh Thakor | 85,777 | 48.23 |
| | BJP | Lavingji Thakor | 70,920 | 39.88 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,857 | 8.35 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,77,821 | |
| | INC gain from BJP | INC gain from BJP | Swing | |

### 2012

2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Radhanpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Nagarji Thakor | 69,493 | 45.90 |
| | INC | Bhavsinhji Rathod | 65,660 | 43.37 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,834 | 2.53 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,51,408 | 68.74 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |

### 1985 Vidhan Sabha

* Khodidan Bhimjibhai Zula (INC) : 50,574 votes
* Valjibhai Gangaram Thakker (BJP) : 6,788