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{{short description|Legislative Assembly constituency in Gujarat State, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Dahegam
| mla = Chauhan Balrajsinh Kalyansinh
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| latest_election_year = [[2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2022]]
| state = Gujarat
| district = [[Gandhinagar district|Gandhinagar]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha constituency|Ahmedabad East]]
| established = 1962
| reservation = None
| electors = {{formatnum:220928}}<ref name=election2022>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14750-gujarat-general-legislative-election-2022/ |title=Gujarat General Legislative Election 2022 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date= 18 April 2023}}</ref>{{update after|2028|2}}
| type= SLA
| constituency_no = 34
}}

'''Dahegam''' is one of the 182 [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] constituencies of [[Gujarat]] state in [[India]].<ref name=gjceo>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125011107/http://ceo.gujarat.gov.in/download/PCAC.pdf |url=http://ceo.gujarat.gov.in/download/PCAC.pdf |archive-date=25 January 2014 |title=Parliament / Assembly constituency wise PS & Electors Detail - Draft Roll - 2014 |access-date= 1 June 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Gujarat/gujarat.pdf |title=Gujarat: Order No. 33: Table-A: Assembly Constituency and Their Extent |date=12 December 2006 |website=Election Commission of India |publisher=Delimitation Commission of India |pages=2–31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305015941/http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Gujarat/gujarat.pdf |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=12 February 2017 }}</ref> It is part of [[Gandhinagar district|Gandhinagar]] district.

==List of segments==

This assembly seat represents the following segments,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Gujarat/gujarat.pdf|title=Gujarat: Order No. 33: Table-A: Assembly Constituency and Their Extent|date=12 December 2006|website=Election Commission of India|publisher=Delimitation Commission of India|pages=2–31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305015941/http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Gujarat/gujarat.pdf|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=12 February 2017}}</ref>

# Dahegam Taluka

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Member
!Image
!colspan="2"|Party
|-
| 1962
| Vitthalbhai Amin ||
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 1967
| M. C. Shah ||
|{{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| 1972
| [[Ghanshyam Oza]] ||
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 1975
| [[Gabhaji Thakor]] ||
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|-
| 1980
| Khumansinh Rathod ||
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}
|-
| 1985
| [[Gabhaji Thakor]] ||
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=4}}
|-
| 1990
|rowspan=2| Vitthalbhai Shah ||rowspan=2|
|-
| 1995
|-
| 1998
| [[Gabhaji Thakor]] ||
|-
| 2002
|rowspan=2| [[Jagdish Thakor]] || rowspan=2|
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
| 2007
|-
|2009{{Efn|by-election}}
|[[Kalyan Chauhan]]<ref name=byElections2009>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/ByeElection/2009-10/Bye-election-2009.xls |title=Details of Assembly By-Elections 2009 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=22 February 2022}}</ref> ||
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| 2012 || Kaminiba Rathod ||
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 2017 || rowspan="2" | Balrajsinh Chauhan<ref name=election2017/> ||rowspan=2|
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2022]]
|}
{{noteslist}}

==Election results==
===2022===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Gujarat Assembly Election, 2022]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 January 2023 |title=Gujarat General Legislative Election 2022|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14750-gujarat-general-legislative-election-2022/|website=Election Commission of India}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate = Balrajsinh Chauhan
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 75,133
|percentage = 49.26
|change = -1.62
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Vakhatsinh Chauhan|party=Indian National Congress|votes=58,960|percentage=38.65|change=-6.67}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Suhag Panchal|party=Aam Aadmi Party|votes=12,394|percentage=8.13|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Ashokbhai Natubhai Rathod|party=Right to Recall Party|votes=891|percentage=0.58|change=''New''}}
{{Election box majority||votes=|percentage=11.99|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=152,534|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|loser = Indian National Congress
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2017===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2017]]: Dahegam<ref name=election2017>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3841-gujarat-general-legislative-election-2017/ |title=Gujarat General Legislative Election 2017 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date= 11 July 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate = Balrajsinh Chauhan
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 74,445
|percentage = 50.88
|change = +5.17
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Kaminiba Bhupendrasinh Rathod
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 63,585
|percentage = 43.46
|change = -4.04
}}

{{Election box majority|
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
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|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2012===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2012]]: [[Dahegam]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Kaminiba Bhupendrasinh Rathod
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 61,043
|percentage = 47.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Rohitji Chanduji Thakor
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 58,746
|percentage = 45.71
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
| candidate = Kiritkumar Natvarlal Rawal
| party = [[Independent (politician)|IND.]]
| votes = 4,199
| percentage = 3.27
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
| party = [[Independent (politician)|IND.]]
| candidate = Jeshangbhai Bijalbhai Rathod
| votes = 1,899
| percentage = 1.48
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bahujan Samaj Party
| candidate = Harshadbhai Shantilal Rathod
| votes = 1,282
| percentage = 1.00
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,297
|percentage = 1.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,28,510
|percentage = 73.77
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[List of constituencies of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Gandhinagar district]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web |title=Results of Gujarat Assembly Elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/72-gujarat/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}

{{Assembly constituencies of Gujarat}}
{{Gujarat elections|state=collapsed}}
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Gandhinagar district]]
[[Category:Politics of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1962]]
[[Category:1962 establishments in Gujarat]]

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