Rajkot West Assembly constituency
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Rajkot West | |
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Constituency for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency Details | |
Country | India |
State | Gujarat |
District | Rajkot |
LS constituency | Rajkot |
Total electors | 316,710[1][needs update] |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
Current MLA | Vijay Rupani |
Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Elected year | 2017 |
Rajkot West is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.[2][3] It is part of Rajkot district and it came into existence after 2008 delimitation. Prior to that some areas under it were called 'Rajkot II' seat. Its current MLA was Gujarat's Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. It is a segment of Rajkot Lok Sabha constituency.
List of segments
This assembly seat represents the following segments[4]
- Rajkot Taluka (Part) – Rajkot Municipal Corporation (Part) Ward No. – 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24.
Members of Vidhan Sabha
Election | Member | Party | |
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1967 | M. P. Jadeja | Bharatiya Jan Sangh | |
1972 | Pradummansinh Jadeja | ||
1975 | Arvindbhai Maniyar | ||
1980 | Manibhai Ranpara | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
1985 | Vajubhai Vala | ||
1990 | |||
1995 | |||
1998 | |||
February 2002 ^ [5][6] | Narendra Modi (by-poll) | ||
2002 | Vajubhai Vala | ||
2007 | |||
Major boundary changes (constituency name changed from Rajkot II to Rajkot West) | |||
2012 | Vajubhai Vala (Appointed Governor in 2014) | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2014 ^ | Vijay Rupani (by-poll after Vala was appointed Governor; Rupani became CM in 2016) | ||
2017 | Vijay Rupani[1] |
Election candidate
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AAP | |||||
BJP | |||||
INC | |||||
Registered electors | [7] |
Election results
2017
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Vijay Rupani | 131,586 | 60.67 | +4.47 | |
INC | Indranil Rajguru | 77,831 | 35.89 | -3.86 | |
BSP | Vijaybhai Somabhai Parmar | 1,198 | 0.55 | +0.55 | |
SHS | Ketan Mansukhbhai Chandarana | 578 | 0.27 | +0.27 | |
IND | Rajendrakumar Shamjibhai Chauhan | 509 | 0.23 | +0.23 | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 3,309 | 1.53 | -0.63 | |
Majority | 53,755 | 24.78 | +8.33 | ||
Turnout | 2,16,883 | 68.48 | +19.05 | ||
BJP hold | Swing | +4.47 |
2014 Bypoll
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Vijaykumar Ramniklal Rupani | 81,092 | 56.20 | +2.03 | |
INC | Jayantibhai Kalaria | 57,352 | 39.75 | +0.55 | |
NCP | Bhavesh Lokhil | 1,027 | 0.71 | +0.71 | |
IND | Tejasbhai Anilbhai Trivedi | 514 | 0.36 | +0.36 | |
IND | Imranbhai Ramjanbhai Kachara | 373 | 0.26 | +0.26 | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 3,110 | 2.16 | +2.16 | |
Majority | 23,740 | 16.45 | +1.48 | ||
Turnout | 1,44,282 | 49.43 | -14.15 | ||
BJP hold | Swing | +2.03 |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala | 90,405 | 54.17 | ||
INC | Atul Rasikbhai Rajani | 65,427 | 39.20 | ||
GPP | Jaydeep Jayantibhai Makadia | 5,194 | 3.11 | ||
IND. | Sandipbhai Hargovindbhai Jivarajani | 1,784 | 1.07 | ||
BSP | Pravinbhai Damjibhai Sanchaniya | 1,645 | 0.99 | ||
Majority | 24,978 | 14.97 | |||
Turnout | 1,66,891 | 63.58 | |||
BJP hold | Swing |
2007
- Vajubhai Vala M BJP 48215
- Nathwani Kashmira Bakulbhai F INC 38359
February 2002 by-poll
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Narendra Modi | 45298 | 57.32 | ||
INC | Ashwinbhai Narbheshankar Mehta | 30570 | 38.68 | ||
IND. | Makwana Bharatbhai Bhikhalal | 748 | 0.95 | ||
Turnout | 79028 | ||||
BJP hold | Swing |
1998 Vidhan Sabha
- Vajubhai Roodabhai Vala (BJP) : 43,034 votes [8]
- Kashmeeraben Bakulbhai Nathvanee F AIRJP : 14316
1990 Vidhan Sabha
- Vajubhai Vala (BJP) : 31,864 votes
- Sudhir Joshi M INC : 16388
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2017". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "Parliament / Assembly constituency wise PS & Electors Detail - Draft Roll - 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Gujarat: Order No. 33: Table-A: Assembly constituency and Their Extent" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Delimitation Commission of India. 12 December 2006. pp. 2–31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ "Gujarat: Order No. 33: Table-A: Assembly constituency and Their Extent" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Delimitation Commission of India. 12 December 2006. pp. 2–31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ Uday Mahurkar (25 February 2002). "Rajkot II by-elections: Narendra Modi pushes his own image as a rising star of BJP". indiatoday.in/magazine. India Today. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
While the focus is on the assembly elections in four states, the real drama seems to be in a quintet of by-elections in which everyone from a former prime minister, a current chief minister and a super chief minister are contesting.
- ^ "BYE - ELECTIONS -FEBRUARY,2002". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
Legislative Assembly of Gujarat Assembly Constituency - 18- Rajkot II
- ^ "Gujarat Legislative Elections". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ "Gujarat Assembly Election Results in 1998".
External links
- "Results of Gujarat Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
Coordinates: 22°15′N 70°44′E / 22.25°N 70.73°E
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