Godhra was a

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parliamentary

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, India. Most of its area is now covered by the

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, after the 2008 delimitation.

Members of Lok Sabha

*1952-62: ''Does not Exist'' *1967:

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*1971: Piloo Mody, Swatantra Party *1977: Hitendra Desai,

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*1980:

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, Congress (Indira) *1984: Jaideep Singh, Congress (Died in 1987–88) *1988^ : P S Pursottam Bhai (Janata Party), in a bye-poll *1989: Shantilal Patel,

*1991:

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*1996: Shantilal Patel,

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*1998: Shantilal Patel, Indian National Congress *1999: Bhupendrasinh Solanki, Bharatiya Janata Party *2004: Bhupendrasinh Solanki, Bharatiya Janata Party *2008 onwards : The Godhra constituency was reconstituted as

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seat in 2008 re-organization of Lok Sabha seats.

Election results

1999

* Solanki, Bhupendrasinh Prabhatsinh (BJP) : 280,684 votes * Patel, Shantilal Parshotamdas (INC) : 185,662

2004

* Solanki, Bhupendrasinh Prabhatsinh (BJP) : 295,550 votes * Patel Rajendrasinh Balvantsinh (INC) : 241,831

Members of Lok Sabha

Election results

1999

2004

References

See also