Vejalpur Assembly constituency

Vejalpur assembly constituency is one of the 182 assembly constituency of Gujarat. It is located in Ahmedabad District. This seat came into existence after 2008 delimitation.

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments,

1. Ahmedabad City Taluka (Part) Villages – Vastrapur, Maktampur, Gyaspur, Vejalpur (M), Makarba (CT), Sarkhej-Okaf (M), Jodhpur (M).

Demographics

• Muslims - 35% (concentrated in Juhapura)
• Hindus, Jains, others - 65%

Total Number of Voters

Election	Polling Stations	Male Voters	Female Voters	Others	Total Voters
2014	319	155095	145687	1	300783

Member of Legislative Assembly

Year		Member	Political Party
rowspan="8" style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" |	2012	Kishor Chauhan	Bharatiya Janata Party
2017

Election results

2017

2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Vejalpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kishor Babulal Chauhan	1,17,748	53.43	−4.73
	INC	Mihirbhai Shah	95,181	43.19	+6.03
Majority			22,567	10.24	−10.76
Turnout			2,20,397	67.40	−3.98
	BJP hold		Swing

2012

2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Vejalpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kishor Babulal Chauhan	1,13,507	58.16
	INC	Murjtujakhan Akbarkhan Pathan	72,522	37.16
Majority			40,985	21.00
Turnout			1,95,162	71.38
	BJP win (new seat)