Bharuch Lok Sabha constituency of Gujarat: Full list of candidates, polling dates

BJP's Mansukhbhai Vasava, a four-time sitting MP from Bharuch, will be contesting against Congress candidate Sherkhan Pathan.

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Bharuch is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Gujarat. The Lok Sabha election here was held in a single phase on April 23. The seat has been a BJP bastion since 1989. 

Bharuch registered 73.22 percent voter turnout in 2019, a loss of 1.31 percent. The total number of electors in the constituency is 1564205 while the total voter turnout is 1145356. While in 2014, the constituency registered 74.53 percent voter turnout. The total number of electors in the constituency was 1417300 while the total voter's turnout was 1056278.

Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel was elected from the seat for three consecutive terms, in 1977, 1980 and 1984.

BJP's Mansukhbhai Vasava is a four-time sitting MP from Bharuch, which is an industrial district of Gujarat. In 1998, after the death of sitting Bharuch MP Chandubhai Deshmukh, Mansukhbhai was first elected on the seat in a byelection. In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, he won the seat defeating Congress' Jayeshbhai Patel by a margin of 153,273 votes. Mansukhbhai had secured 5,48,902 votes while Jayeshbhai got 3,95,629 votes. 

Mansukhbhai will be contesting for the fifth term from Bharuch Lok Sabha seat in the upcoming election against Congress candidate Sherkhan Pathan.

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Bharuch Lok Sabha constituency of Gujarat.

1	Mansukhbhai Vasava	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	Vasava Rajeshbhai	Bahujan Samaj Party
3	Sherkhan Pathan	Indian National Congress
4	Chhotubhai Vasava	Bhartiya Tribal Party
5	Pathan Salimkhan	Sanyukt Vikas Party
6	Vashi Narendrasinh	Yuva Jan Jagriti Party
7	Sabbirbhai Patel	Apna Desh Party
8	Sukhdev Vasava	Bahujan Mukti Party
9	Ashokchandra Parmar	Independent
10	Jitendra Parmar	Independent
11	Patel Imran	Independent
12	Mukhtiyar Shaikh	Independent
13	Vasava Navinbhai	Independent
14	Vikramsinh Gohil	Independent
15	Sapa Rafikbhai	Independent
16	Sindha Kiritsinh	Independent
17	Solanki Rajeshbhai	Independent

The legislative assembly segments under Bharuch constituency are — Karjan, Dediapada, Jambusar, Vagra, Jhagadiya, Bharuch and Ankleshwar. 

The Lok Sabha election 2019 was held in seven phases across the country – on April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19. The results would be declared on May 23.