Kutch (Lok Sabha constituency)
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Kachchh Lok Sabha constituency (formerly Kutch Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 26 Lok Sabha
(parliamentary) constituencies in Gujarat state in western India
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Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
(parliamentary) constituencies in Gujarat state in western India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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Assembly segments
Presently, Kachchh Lok Sabha constituency comprises seven assembly segments. These are:- Abdasa
- Mandvi
- Bhuj
- Anjar
- Gandhidham
- Rapar
- Morbi
Members of Parliament
- 1962: Himmatsinghji, Swatantra PartySwatantra PartyThe Swatantra Party was a classical liberal political party in India founded by Chakravarti Rajagopalachari and N. G. Ranga in August 1959. The party opposed the Nehruvian socialist outlook of the Congress Party by advocating free enterprise and free trade, and opposing the licence-permit Raj...
- 1967: Tulsidas Sheth, Indian National CongressIndian National CongressThe Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
- 1971: Mahipat Rai Mehta, Indian National Congress
- 1977: Anant Dave, Janata PartyJanata PartyThe Janata Party was an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the state of emergency imposed by the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Indian National Congress...
- 1980: Mahipat Rai Mehta, Indian National Congress
- 1984: Usha Thakker, Indian National Congress
- 1989: Babubhai Shah, Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata PartyThe Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament...
- 1991: Harilal Nanji Patel, Indian National Congress
- 1996: Pushpdan Gadhavi, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1998: Pushpdan Gadhavi, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1999: Pushpdan Gadhavi, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2004: Pushpdan Gadhavi, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2009: Poonamben Veljibhai Jat, Bharatiya Janata Party