The 2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of Gujarat in December 2012 for all 182 members of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly. Incumbent Chief Minister Narendra Modi of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in power since 2002, was running for his fourth term. The leader of the opposition was Shaktisinh Gohil of the Indian National Congress (INC).
Elections were held in two phases, the first on 13 December and the second on 17 December 2012. Total voting turnout of both phases was 71.32%, highest since 1980. Results were declared on 20 December 2012.
The BJP, led by Narendra Modi, won 115 seats out of total 182 seats and formed the government while INC won 61 seats. BJP has been in the power in Gujarat since 1995.
Polls Elections were held in two phases, the first on 13 December and the second on 17 December 2012.
Phase-I First phase of polling was held on 13 December 2012 witnessed 70.75% of record breaking voting. Within three hours, the voter turnout was 18 per cent and by 1 pm it was 38 per cent. The figure went up to 53 per cent by 3 pm, concluding with 70.75%.
Legend Statistics Voting turnout 70.75% Constituencies 87 Break-up Saurashtra : 7 Districts : 48 Seats South Gujarat : 7 Districts : 35 Seats Ahmedabad Rural : Part of 1 District : 4 Seats Total voters 1,81,86,045 Candidates 846 including 47 women Polling Booths 21,268 ID Card Distribution 99.65% voters Photo Electoral Roll coverage 99.53% voters EVM Machines used 25,000 EVM Fault rate 0.01% Remarks Peaceful polling.Poll boycotted in two villages in Junagadh and Surendranagar district(Dhulkot village)
District wise polling data Phase-I test
Saurashtra
District Percentage Porbandar 98.39% Amreli 98.21% Jamnagar 68.48% Bhavnagar 48.11% Junagadh 48.71% Surendranagar 3.76% Rajkot 99.97%
Ahmedabad Rural
District Percentage Ahmedabad RuralSanandViramgamDholkaDhandhuka 70.41%
South Gujarat
District Percentage Dangs 68.76% Surat 69.58% Valsad 73.79% Bharuch 75.11% Navsari 75.59% Tapi 80.43% Narmada 82.21%
Phase-II
Phase-II of polling was held on 17 December 2012 witnessed a voter turnout of 71.85%.
District wise polling data Phase-II
Ahmedabad
District Voting Turnout Ahmedabad 90.10%
Kutch
District Voting Turnout Kutch 67.77%
Central Gujarat
District Voting Turnout Anand 74.89% Kheda 72.17% Vadodara 72.27% Panchmahal 71.48% Dahod 68.48%
North Gujarat District Voting Turnout Gandhinagar 74.45% Banaskantha 74.89% Sabarkantha 75.56% Mehsana 73.64% Patan 70.92%
With 71.85% of Phase-II voting turnout following the Phase-I turnout of 70.75%, the resultant final voting turnout stood at 72.02%
1980 to 2012 Legislative Assembly Elections statistics in Gujarat
Electors 16,501,328 24,820,379 29,021,184 28,774,443 33,238,196 36,593,090 38,077,454 Voters 7,981,995 12,955,221 18,686,757 17,063,160 20,455,166 21,873,377 27,158,626 Turnout 48.37% 52.20% 64.39% 59.30% 61.54% 59.77% 71.32%
The average turnout percentage in Gujarat had decreased from 64.39% in 1995 to 59.77% during the last four state elections (1995, 1998, 2002, 2007)as per the Election Commission of India statistics.
Results Counting of votes was held on 20 December 2012. Results were as following.
BJP lost in 16 seats by the margin of less than 2%. The Congress won 46% seats with a margin of less than 5%.
Results by region +DistrictSeatsNDAUPAOTHCentral Gujarat6138212North Gujarat3213190Saurashtra – Kutch5436163South Gujarat352861Total182115616
Results by district +DistrictSeatsNDAUPAOTHAhmedabad211740Anand7241Kheda7250Mahisagar2110Panchmahal5320Dahod6330Vadodara10901Chhota Udaipur3120Banaskantha9450Patan4130Mehsana7520Sabarkantha4130Aravalli3030Gandhinagar5230Kutch6510Surendranagar5410Morbi3210Rajkot8440Jamnagar5320Devbhumi Dwarka2200Porbandar2101Junagadh5311Gir Somnath4130Amreli5221Bhavnagar7610Botad2200Narmada2200Bharuch5401Surat161510Tapi2110Dang1010Navsari4310Valsad5320Total182115616
List of winning candidates Following candidates won election from their respective seats: