Kaparada Assembly constituency

Legislative Assembly constituency in Gujarat State, India

Kaprada
Constituency No. 181 for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
District	Valsad
LS constituency	Valsad
Established	2008
Total electors	266,835^[1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Chaudhari Jitubhai Harjibhai
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2022

Kaprada is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.^[2]^[3] It is part of Valsad district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. It came into existence after 2008 delimitation.

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments,^[4]

Kaprada Taluka
Pardi Taluka (Part) Villages – Sonwada, Varai, Nimkhal, Panchlai, Lakhmapor, Nevri, Rabdi, Asma, Tarmaliya, Rohina, Samarpada, Dhagadmal, Daheli, Chival, Arnala, Pati, Goima, Barai, Dumalav, Ambach, Kherlav, Pandor, Rata, Kocharva, Vankachh, Koparli, Kaval, Karaya, Nani Tambadi, Degam, Moti Tambadi, Lavachha, Karamkhal, Chibhad Kachchh

Member of legislative assembly

Year	Member	Seat
2007	Jitubhai Chaudhary	As Mota Pondha constituency	Indian National Congress
2012		As Kaprada constituency	Indian National Congress
2017			Indian National Congress
2020 By-election			Bharatiya Janata Party
2022			Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2022

Gujarat Assembly election, 2022:Kaparada Assembly constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Jitubhai Harjibhai Chaudhari	90999	42.64
	INC	Vasantbhai Barjulbhai Patel	58031	27.19
	AAP	Jayendrabhai Laxmanbhai Ganvit	53168	24.92
	NOTA	None of the above	4020	1.88
Majority				15.45
Turnout
Registered electors			260,248	^[5]
	BJP hold		Swing

2020 By-poll^[6]

By-election, 2020: Kaprada
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Jitubhai Harjibhai Chaudhari	1,12,941	59.00
	INC	Babubhai Jivlabhai Patel	65,875	34.42
	IND	Patel Prakashbhai Shankarbhai	5,301	2.77
Majority			47,066	24.59
Turnout			1,91,495	77.92
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2017

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Kaprada^[7]
Party		Candidate
	INC	Chaudhari Jitubhai Harjibhai
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout

2012

^[8]

2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Kaprada
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Jitubhai Chaudhari	85,780	49.53
	BJP	Prakashbhai Patel	67,095	38.74
Majority			18,685	10.79
Turnout			173,203	84.05
	INC win (new seat)

References

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