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Assembly constituency 159 · Gujarat

Surat East is assembly constituency number 159 in Gujarat, in Surat district. In the 2022 election Arvind Shantilal Rana of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 52.5% of the vote, 14,017 votes ahead of Aslam Firozbhai Cyclewala (INC).

Surat East · 2022AC 159
  1. 01
    Arvind Shantilal Rana
    BJP
    73,142
    52.45%
  2. 02
    Aslam Firozbhai Cyclewala
    INC
    59,125
    42.40%
  3. 03
    Wasim Ikbalbhai Khokar (kureshi)
    AIMIM
    1,671
    1.20%
  4. 04
    Mansur Ahmad Chashmawala
    SP
    1,015
    0.73%
  5. 05
    Kher Paresh Anandbhai
    Independent
    668
    0.48%
  6. 9 other candidates · 2,345 votesNOTA · 1,494 (1.07%)

Margin 14,017 votes · 10.05% of valid votes

2,15,031
Registered electors
2022 election
64.9%
Turnout
-2.4 pts vs 2017
14,017
Victory margin
10.1% of valid votes
Dec 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 14 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,39,460 valid votes, NOTA included.

Surat East 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Arvind Shantilal RanaMale · 61 yrsBJP73,142
52.45%
2Aslam Firozbhai CyclewalaMale · 44 yrsINC59,125
42.40%
3Wasim Ikbalbhai Khokar (kureshi)Male · 36 yrsAIMIM1,671
1.20%
—NOTANOTA1,494
1.07%
4Mansur Ahmad ChashmawalaMale · 45 yrsSP1,015
0.73%
5Kher Paresh AnandbhaiMale · 45 yrsIndependent668
0.48%
6Karimkhan Rahimkhan PathanMale · 27 yrsBBC604
0.43%
7Abdulsamad Abdulmajid MunshiMale · 54 yrsBSP544
0.39%
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8Shahabudin Jainudin MalbariMale · 38 yrsIndependent476
0.34%
9Samir Fakruddin ShaikhMale · 36 yrsIndependent211
0.15%
10Mohamad Faiz Mohamad Faruq MullaMale · 34 yrsIndependent155
0.11%
11Patel Minhaj YunusbhaiMale · 30 yrsIndependent122
0.09%
12Ibrahim Yakub NagoriMale · 52 yrsIndependent106
0.08%
13Pathan Riyazkhan AbdulkhanMale · 42 yrsIndependent68
0.05%
14Nurubhai Shakurbhai ShaikhMale · 35 yrsIndependent59
0.04%
Past results

BJP held the seat: it also won in 2017.

0%20%40%60%20172022BJP 52.5%INC 42.4%AIMIM 1.2%BSP 0.4%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2022Arvind Shantilal RanaBJP · 52.5% · margin 14,017Turnout64.9%
2017Arvind Shantilal RanaBJP · 53.6% · margin 13,347Turnout67.3%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Surat East result 2017

Surat East 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Arvind Shantilal RanaBJP72,638
53.65%
2Bharucha Nitinkumar ThakordasINC59,291
43.79%
—NOTANOTA1,168
0.86%
3Kapdiya Mohammad Salman Mohammad IrfanBSP458
0.34%
4Meman Bilkishbanu RafikbhaiIndependent307
0.23%
5Salim Akbarbhai MultaniAAP299
0.22%
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6Nirban Faruq ShabbirBBC283
0.21%
7Limbuwala Mo Ilyas Abdul LatifIndependent192
0.14%
8Diwan Sadikbhai AmishabhaiIndependent117
0.09%
9Pathan Yusufkhan RasulkhanIndependent113
0.08%
10Kher Pareskhkumar AnandravIndependent111
0.08%
11Kodavala Imran NizamuddinIndependent111
0.08%
12Mansuri Sabiha Harun Gulam MohmadIndependent110
0.08%
13Maisuriya Amrutlal Uttamlal Alias Vijay MaisuriyaRMNMP104
0.08%
14Mansuri Mohmad Harun Gulam MohmadIndependent88
0.06%
Map

Surat East outlined in orange among the other Gujarat seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2022. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Surat district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Surat East.

Who won the Surat East assembly seat in 2022?

Arvind Shantilal Rana of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Surat East in the 2022 Gujarat assembly election with 73,142 votes, which was 52.45% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Surat East?

The margin was 14,017 votes (10.05% of valid votes). The runner-up was Aslam Firozbhai Cyclewala of the Indian National Congress with 59,125 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Surat East in 2022?

Turnout was 64.88%: 1,39,502 of 2,15,031 registered electors voted, across 212 polling stations. That is 2.4 points lower than in 2017.

Is Surat East a reserved constituency?

No. Surat East is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Surat East?

The Gujarat assembly elected in 2022 completes its five-year term in 2027, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Gujarat assembly elections of 2022 and 2017 (2022 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.