| Rajkot East | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 68 for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Western India |
| State | Gujarat |
| District | Rajkot |
| LS constituency | Rajkot |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 297,640 [1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Uday Kangad | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Rajkot East is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India. [2] [3] It is part of Rajkot district.
This assembly seat represents the following wards of Rajkot Municipal Corporation:
Rajkot Taluka (Part) – Rajkot Municipal Corporation (Part) Ward No. – 5, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. [4]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Indranil Rajguru | Indian National Congress | |
| 2017 | Arvind Raiyani [5] | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | Uday Kangad | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Uday Kangad | 86194 | 46.38 | ||
| INC | Indranil Rajguru | 57559 | 30.97 | ||
| AAP | Rahul Bhuva | 35446 | 19.07 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2794 | 1.5 | ||
| Majority | 15.41 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | 293,185 | [6] | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Arvind Raiyani | 93,087 | 53.23 | ||
| INC | Mitul Donga | 70,305 | 40.20 | ||
| BSP | Madhubhai Gohel | 2,236 | 1.28 | ||
| AAP | Ajit Lokhil | 1,927 | 1.10 | ||
| BTP | Karnabhai Maldhari | 574 | 0.33 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,587 | 2.05 | ||
| Majority | 13.03 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,74,869 | 67.26 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Indranil Rajguru | 60,877 | 41.97 | ||
| BJP | Kashyap Shukla | 56,605 | 39.02 | ||
| Majority | 4,272 | 2.94 | |||
| Turnout | 145,066 | 69.01 | |||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
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