Dadra and Nagar Haveli Lok Sabha constituency

Dadra and Nagar Haveli Lok Sabha constituency is one of the two Lok Sabha constituencies in the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. This constituency is reserved for the Scheduled Tribes.

Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Union Territory	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Established	1967
Total electors	250,021
Reservation	ST
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Kalaben Delkar
Party	SHS
Elected year	2021

Members of Lok Sabha

Election	Member	Party
Before 1967: The seat did not exist
1967	Sanjibhai Rupjibhai Delkar		Indian National Congress
1971	Ramubhai Ravjibhai Patel
1977
1980	Ramji Potla Mahala
1984	Sitaram Jivyabhai Gavli		Independent
1989	Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar
1991			Indian National Congress
1996
1998			Bharatiya Janata Party
1999			Independent
2004			Bharatiya Navshakti Party
2009	Natubhai Gomanbhai Patel		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019	Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar^[a]		Independent
2021^[b]	Kalaben Delkar		Shiv Sena

1. Died mid-term in 2021
2. by-poll

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kalaben Delkar
	INC	Ajit Rambhai Mahla
Margin of victory
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

2021 Bye-poll

A bye-poll was needed for this constituency due to the death of the sitting MP, Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar on 22 February 2021.^[1]

Bye-Election, 2021 : Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SHS	Kalaben Delkar	1,18,035	59.53	+57.52
	BJP	Mahesh Gavit	66,766	33.68	-7.24
	INC	Mahesh Kumar Balubhai Dhodi	6,150	3.10	-1.23
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,531	2.79	+1.31
	BTP	Ganesh Bhujada	1,782	0.90	+0.48
Margin of victory			51,269	25.86
Turnout			1,98,391	76.65
	SHS gain from Independent		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar	90,421	45.44
	BJP	Natubhai Gomanbhai Patel	81,420	40.92	-7.96
	INC	Prabhubhai Tokiya	8,608	4.33	-40.79
	SHS	Ankita Patel	4,000	2.01
	Independent	Deepakbhai Kurada	3,630	1.82
	Independent	Manoj Dayat	2,287	1.15
	BMP	Pravinbhai Janathiya	1,596	0.80
	Navsarjan Bharat Party	Rajeshbhai Halpati	1,160	0.58
	Independent	Dhirubhai Patel	1,120	0.56
	BSP	Ishwarbhai Dongarkar	948	0.48
	BTP	Bhikhlabhai Khulat	843	0.42
	NOTA	None of the above	2,950	1.48
Majority			9,001	4.52
Turnout			198,983	79.59
Registered electors			250,021
	Independent gain from BJP		Swing

2014 General Elections

2014 Indian general elections: Dadra and Nagar Haveli^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Natubhai Gomanbhai Patel	80,790	48.88	+2.45
	INC	Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar	74,576	45.12	-0.75
	NCP	Janiabhai C. Khulat	1,611	0.97	+0.97
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,962	1.79	---
Majority			6,214	3.76	+3.20
Turnout			165,286	84.09
	BJP hold		Swing

2009 General Elections

2009 Indian general elections: Dadra and Nagar Haveli^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Natubhai Gomanbhai Patel	51,242	46.43	+30.87
	INC	Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar	50,624	45.87	+20.17
	Independent	Laxmanbhai Navasubhai Mishal	5,711	5.17	+5.17
	Independent	Bhikalya Vanshya Khulat	1,401	1.27	+1.27
	BSP	Yohanbhai Bhadiyabhai Bij	1,385	1.25	+0.39
Majority			618	0.56
Turnout			110,363	73.23	+4.19
	BJP gain from BNP		Swing

2004 General Elections

In the 2004 Lok Sabha Elections, the constituency had 122,681 eligible voters, of whom 69.04% exercised their franchise. There were ten candidates. Election was conducted at 128 polling stations, and 84,703 valid votes were counted. Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar of the Bharatiya Navshakti Party was elected by a margin of 12,893 votes.

2004 Indian general elections: Dadra and Nagar Haveli^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar	34,665	40.93
	INC	Sitaram Jivyabhai Gavli	21,772	25.70
	BJP	Patel Anilbhai	13,178	15.56
	SHS	Patel Uttambhai	5,823	6.87
	Independent	Ram Milan	8,785	1.27
	Independent	Patel Dhirubhai Sukarbhai	3,652	4.31
	NCP	Harishchandra Khulat	1,576	1.86
	Independent	Aminbhai Patel	1,213	1.43
	CPI(M)	Gimbhal Ladak	1,158	1.37
	SP	Sumitra Ramji Patel	941	1.11
	BSP	Patel Ganesh	725	0.86
Majority			12,893	15.23
Turnout			84,703	69.04
	BNP gain from BJP		Swing

1971 General Elections

• Ramubhai Ravjibhai Patel (INC) : 8,484 votes^[6]
• Samjibhai Rupjibhai Delkar (NCO) : 7,138

See also

• Dadra and Nagar Haveli
• Daman and Diu (Lok Sabha constituency)
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

1. Singh, Rajiv (23 February 2021). "Mohan Delkar death case: Suicide note holds politicians responsible for 'injustice', 'insult' meted out to him". India TV. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
2. (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
3. "Constituencywise-All Candidates". ECI. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
4. (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
5. "Election Results 2004" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
6. "1971 India General (5th Lok Sabha) Elections Results". Retrieved 31 May 2021.

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