Electoral history of Valsad Lok Sabha seat
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Valsad constituency is one of the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat. There is an interesting fact about this parliamentary seat earlier known as Bulsar. Valsad is called a ‘bellwether’ seat, because the trend is that whichever party wins the elections here forms the government at the Centre. Seven assembly constituencies are also included under Valsad.
Valsad Lok Sabha election results from 1957 till now-
- From 1957 to 1977, Congress leader Nanubhai Patel kept winning from this seat. During this period, the Congress Party was in power at the centre.
- In 1977, Nanubhai Patel once again won the elections from this seat, but this time he contested the elections on behalf of the Janata Party and between 1977-80, the Janata Party was in power at the Centre.
- From 1980-89, this seat was held by Congress leader Uttambhai Patel and then the Congress government was at the centre.
- In 1989, this seat was won by Arjunbhai Patel on Janata Dal ticket, when Janata Dal was in power at the Centre.
- In 1991, this seat again remained with Uttambhai Patel. Between 1991-96, Congress was once again in power at the Centre.
- In 1996, 1998 and 1999, Manibhai Chaudhary contested elections on BJP ticket and the NDA government remained in power till 2004.
- In 2004, Kishanbhai Vestabhai Patel of Congress contested the elections on Congress ticket and it was the ‘Grand Old Party’ that formed the government at the Centre. He again captured this seat in 2009 and Congress remained in power at the Center till 2014.
- BJP’s KC Patel contested from Valsad in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections and since then the saffron party is in power at the Centre.
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