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{{short description|Legislative Assembly constituency in Gujarat State, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Dhoraji
| mla = [[Mahendra Padalia|Dr. Mahendrabhai Padalia]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| latest_election_year = [[2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2022]]
| state = Gujarat
| district = [[Rajkot district|Rajkot]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Porbandar Lok Sabha constituency|Porbandar]]
| established = 1990
| reservation = None
| electors = {{formatnum:268706}}<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 = 75
}}

'''Dhoraji''' 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 [[Rajkot district|Rajkot]] district, and is one of the 8 assembly seats under [[Porbandar Lok Sabha constituency|Porbandar]].

==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>

# Upleta Taluka
# Dhoraji Taluka

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Member
!Picture
!colspan="2"|Party
|-
|[[1990 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|rowspan=5| [[Vitthalbhai Radadiya]]<ref name=election2017/> ||rowspan=5|
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1995 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|-
|[[1998 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|1998]]
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2002 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2002]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2007 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2007]]
|-
|2009^
| [[Jayesh Radadiya]]<ref name=election2017/> ||
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2012]]
| [[Vitthalbhai Radadiya]] ||
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|2013^
| [[Pravin Makadiya]]<ref name=election2017/> ||
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2017]]
| [[Lalit Vasoya]]<ref name=election2017/> ||
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2022]]
| [[Mahendra Padalia|Dr. Mahendrabhai Padalia]]||
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}
*2009^ (by-poll) - Jayesh Radadiya, after his father Vitthal Radadiya became an MP and gave up his Vidhan Saha seat
*2012 - Vitthalbhai Radadiya, [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
** Vitthalbhai Radadiya joined BJP soon after the 2012 election and resigned from the assembly
*2013^ (by-poll)

==Election results==
=== 2022 ===
<section begin="Assembly Election 2022"/>
{{Election box begin|
|title=[[2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Gujarat Assembly election, 2022]]:Dhoraji Assembly constituency }}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Mahendra Padalia]]|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=66430|percentage=42.84|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Lalit Vasoya|party=Indian National Congress|votes=54182|percentage=34.95|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Vipul Sakhiya<ref>{{cite news |title=AAP releases second list of 9 candidates for Gujarat Assembly polls |url=https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2022/08/18/bom12-gj-aap-candidates.html |access-date=18 August 2022 |work=The Week |date=18 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref>|party=Aam Aadmi Party|votes=29794|percentage=19.22|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Prabhat Govind Solanki|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|votes=1577|percentage=1.02|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the above]]|party=None of the above|votes=1620|percentage=1.04|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=12,248|percentage=7.89|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = {{formatnum:266718}}
|ref=<ref name="Gujarat Elections ECI">{{cite web |title=Gujarat Legislative Elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/72-gujarat/ |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box end}}<section end="Assembly Election 2022"/>

=== 2017 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2017]]: Dhoraji<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 = Lalit Vasoya
|party = Indian National Congress
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{{Election box end}}

===2013===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2013 Gujarat Legislative Assembly By election]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.narendramodi.in/bjp%E2%80%99s-victory-in-all-6-gujarat-by-elections-an-ultimatum-to-congress-cm/ |title=BJP's victory in all 6 Gujarat by elections an ultimatum to Congress: CM |date=5 June 2013}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Pravin Makadiya
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 44,751
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Haribhai Patel
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 33,254
|percentage =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,497
|percentage =
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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}

===2012===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Gujarat Assembly Election, 2012]]}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ceo.gujarat.gov.in/download/Detail_Report_AC2012.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2012 to the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat |access-date=11 June 2014 |archive-date=26 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126215052/http://ceo.gujarat.gov.in/download/Detail_Report_AC2012.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Vitthalbhai Radadiya
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 76189
|percentage = 46.44
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Haribhai Patel
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 73246
|percentage = 44.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2943
|percentage = 1.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 164045
|percentage = 70.86
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

==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}}

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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Rajkot district]]
[[Category:Politics of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Constituencies established in 1990]]
[[Category:1990 establishments in Gujarat]]

Dhoraji Assembly constituency - Revision history

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