Surat constituency

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Surat constituency is a parliamentary electoral district in the Indian state of Gujarat, known for being a stronghold of major national parties and once represented by former Prime Minister Morarji Desai.

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Label Occurrences
Surat constituency canonical 2

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Statements (28)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Lok Sabha constituency ⓘ
person ⓘ
country India ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
electorateType parliamentary ⓘ
elects Member of Parliament ⓘ
governingBody Election Commission of India ⓘ
hasCharacteristic considered a safe seat for the Bharatiya Janata Party in recent decades ⓘ
hasCity Surat ⓘ
hasFormerRepresentative Morarji Desai ⓘ
hasLanguage Gujarati ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
hasReservationStatus None ⓘ
hasSignificance major urban and industrial parliamentary seat in Gujarat ⓘ
isStrongholdOf Bharatiya Janata Party ⓘ
major national parties ⓘ
knownAs Surat constituency ⓘ
locatedIn Gujarat ⓘ
Surat city ⓘ
linked to: Surat

Surat district ⓘ
locatedInRegion South Gujarat ⓘ
Western India ⓘ
partOf Lok Sabha ⓘ
Parliament of India ⓘ
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Surat Lok Sabha constituency ⓘ
Prime Minister of India ⓘ
representedIn Lok Sabha ⓘ
state Gujarat ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Morarji Desai → electedFrom → Surat constituency ⓘ
Surat Lok Sabha constituency → knownAs → Surat constituency ⓘ
subject linked to: Surat constituency