Rajkot West Assembly constituency

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Rajkot West
Constituency for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region Western India
State Gujarat
District Rajkot
Lok Sabha constituency Rajkot
Established2008
Total electors354,378 [1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Dr. Darshita Shah
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year 2022

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 former MLA was Gujarat's Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. It is a segment of Rajkot Lok Sabha constituency.

Contents

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments [4]

  1. Rajkot Taluka (Part) – Rajkot Municipal Corporation (Part) Ward No. – 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

ElectionMemberImageParty
1967M. P. Jadeja Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972Pradummansinh Jadeja
1975Arvindbhai Maniyar
1980Manibhai Ranpara Bharatiya Janata Party
1985 Vajubhai Vala Governor of Karnataka Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala.jpg
1990
1995
1998
2002 (Feb) [a] Narendra Modi [5] [6] NarendaraModi.jpg
2002 Vajubhai Vala February 19, 2018. The Governor of Karnataka, Shri Vajubhai Vala .jpg
2007
Major boundary changes (constituency name changed from Rajkot II to Rajkot West)
2012 Vajubhai Vala Vajubhai Vala.jpg Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 [b] Vijay Rupani Vijay Rupani.jpg
2017 [7]
2022 Darshita Shah [8]
  1. ↑ by-poll
  2. ↑ by-poll after Vala was appointed Governor of Karnataka

Election results

2022

Gujarat Assembly election, 2022: Rajkot West Assembly constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Dr. Darshita Paras Shah1,38,68767.98
INC Kalariya Mansukhbhai Jadavbhai32,71216.03
AAP Dineshkumar Mohanbhai Joshi2631912.9
NOTA None of the above 34191.68
Majority 105,97551.95
Turnout
Registered electors 350,580 [9]
BJP hold Swing

2017

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Rajkot West [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Vijay Rupani 131,586 60.67 +4.47
INC Indranil Rajguru 77,83135.89−3.86
BSP Vijaybhai Somabhai Parmar1,1980.55+0.55
SS Ketan Mansukhbhai Chandarana5780.27+0.27
IND Rajendrakumar Shamjibhai Chauhan5090.23+0.23
NOTA None of the Above 3,3091.53−0.63
Majority 53,75524.78+8.33
Turnout 2,16,88368.48+19.05
BJP hold Swing +4.47

2014 Bypoll

By-election, 2014: Rajkot West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Vijaybhai Ramniklalbhai Rupani 81,09256.20+2.03
INC Jayantibhai Kalaria57,35239.75+0.55
NCP Bhavesh Lokhil1,0270.71+0.71
IND Tejasbhai Anilbhai Trivedi5140.36+0.36
IND Imranbhai Ramjanbhai Kachara3730.26+0.26
NOTA None of the Above 3,1102.16+2.16
Majority 23,74016.45+1.48
Turnout 1,44,28249.43−14.15
BJP hold Swing +2.03

2012

2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Rajkot West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala 90,40554.17
INC Atul Rasikbhai Rajani65,42739.20
GPP Jaydeep Jayantibhai Makadia5,1943.11
IND. Sandipbhai Hargovindbhai Jivarajani1,7841.07
BSP Pravinbhai Damjibhai Sanchaniya1,6450.99
Majority 24,97814.97
Turnout 1,66,89163.58
BJP hold Swing

2007

February 2002 by-poll

Gujarat Legislative Assembly By Election, 2002: Rajkot II
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Narendra Modi 4529857.32
INC Ashwinbhai Narbheshankar Mehta3057038.68
IND. Makwana Bharatbhai Bhikhalal7480.95
Turnout 79028
BJP hold Swing

1998 Vidhan Sabha

1990 Vidhan Sabha

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "Parliament / Assembly constituency wise PS & Electors Detail - Draft Roll - 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "BYE-ELECTIONS - FEBRUARY, 2002". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 June 2020. Legislative Assembly of Gujarat Assembly Constituency - 18- Rajkot II
  7. 1 2 "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2017". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "Gujarat Legislative Elections". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  10. ↑ "Gujarat Assembly Election Results in 1998".

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