The constituency turned into a reserved seat for Scheduled Tribe (ST) in 1967 and remained with the Congress for nine consecutive terms between 1967 and 1999.
Constituency overview Panchmahal constituency covers seven Assembly constituencies of Thasra, Balasinor, Lunawada, Shehra, Morva Hadaf, Godhra and Kalol. It has 18.89 lakh voters – 9.63 lakh men, 9.26 lakh women and 30 third gender. In 2019, BJP had fielded Rathod on this seat against Congress’ Vechat Khant and won the poll. This time Rajpalsinh Jadav, […]
Veteran MP Somabhai Gandalal Koli Patel, who has been a Parliamentarian thrice, won as a Congress candidate in 2009 and as a BJP candidate in 2004. Munjpara won the seat in 2019 as a Congress candidate by defeating Somabhai.
Bharatsinhji Dabhi has been a member of the Consultative Committee, Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries. He has also been a member of the Standing Committee on Industry.