| 6. Rapar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 6 for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Western India |
| State | Gujarat |
| District | Kachchh |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kachchh |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 247,463 [1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Rapar is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India. [2] [3] It is part of Kachchh district. It is numbered as 6-Rapar.
This assembly seat represents the following segments [4]
| Year | Member | Picture | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Jadavji Raghavji Morabia | Swatantra Party | ||
| 1967 | B. Gajsinhji | |||
| 1972 | Premchand Otamchand | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1975 | Harilal Patel | Swatantra Party | ||
| 1980 | Babubhai Shah | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 1985 | Harilal Patel | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1990 | ||||
| 1995 | Babubhai Shah | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 1998 | Dhirubhai Shah | |||
| 2002 | Babubhai Shah | Indian National Congress | ||
| 2007 | ||||
| 2012 | Patel Vaghajibhai Dharamshibhai | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2014^ | Pankaj Mehta | |||
| 2017 | Santokben Aarethiya [5] | Indian National Congress | ||
| 2022 | Virendrasinh Bahadursinh Jadeja | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Virendrasinh Bahadursinh Jadeja | 66961 | 46.17 | ||
| INC | Bhachubhai Dharamshi Aarethiya | 66384 | 45.77 | ||
| AAP | Amba Parbat Patel [6] | 2434 | 1.68 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3942 | 2.72 | ||
| Majority | 577 | 0.4 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | 247,463 | [7] | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Santokben Bachubhai Arethiya | 63,814 | 49.05 | +12 | |
| BJP | Pankaj Mehta | 48,605 | 37.36 | −12.29 | |
| Majority | 15,209 | 11.69 | |||
| Turnout | 1,30,112 | 59.93 | 12.17 | ||
| INC gain from BJP | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Pankaj Mehta | 59,165 | 49.65 | ||
| INC | Babubhai Meghji Shah | 44,151 | 37.05 | +3.76 | |
| Majority | 15,014 | 12.60 | +6.06 | ||
| Turnout | 119,160 | 47.76 | −14.97 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Vaghajibhai Patel | 55,280 | 39.95 | ||
| INC | Babubhai Meghji Shah | 46,064 | 33.29 | ||
| Majority | 9,216 | 6.66 | |||
| Turnout | 1,38,389 | 62.74 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Babubhai Shah | 42934 | 46.1 | ||
| BJP | Virendrasinh Jadeja | 37295 | 40.05 | ||
| Majority | 5639 | 6.05 | |||
| Turnout | 93137 | 52.07 | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Babubhai Shah | 40939 | 38.98 | ||
| BJP | Dhirubhai Shah | 36652 | 34.90 | ||
| Majority | 4287 | 4.08 | |||
| Turnout | 105024 | 62.07 | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dhirubhai Shah | 29860 | 42.60 | ||
| AIRJP | Babubhai Shah | 22046 | 31.45 | ||
| Majority | 7814 | 11.15 | |||
| Turnout | 73870 | 54.13 | |||
| BJP gain from AIRJP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Babubhai Shah | 37826 | 47.03 | ||
| INC | Ratanshi Savla | 35229 | 43.80 | ||
| Majority | 2597 | 3.23 | |||
| Turnout | 83364 | 60.84 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Harilal patel | 33984 | 51.66 | ||
| BJP | Murubha Jadeja | 25731 | 39.11 | ||
| Majority | 8253 | 12.55 | |||
| Turnout | 67741 | 53.75 | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Harilal patel | 35048 | 55.86 | ||
| BJP | Babubhai Shah | 26324 | 41.96 | ||
| Majority | 8724 | 13.91 | |||
| Turnout | 64907 | 54.66 | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Babubhai Shah | 30619 | 55.51 | ||
| INC | Harilal Patel | 21951 | 39.79 | ||
| Majority | 8668 | 15.71 | |||
| Turnout | 57214 | 53.30 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Harilal patel | 24751 | 50.39 | ||
| Independent | Babulal Shah | 24368 | 49.61 | ||
| Majority | 383 | 0.78 | |||
| Turnout | 52507 | 58.41 | |||
| INC gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Premchnd Otamchand | 13704 | 41.13 | ||
| Independent | Babulal Shah | 12151 | 36.47 | ||
| Majority | 1553 | 4.66 | |||
| Turnout | 35728 | 50.83 | |||
| INC gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWA | B. Gajsinhji | 15060 | 50.66 | ||
| INC | H. N. Patel | 13205 | 44.42 | ||
| Majority | 1855 | 6.24 | |||
| Turnout | 33395 | 53.90 | |||
| SWA gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWA | Jadavji Raghavji Morabia | 26113 | 66.06 | ||
| INC | Harilal Patel | 13418 | 33.94 | ||
| Majority | 12695 | 32.11 | |||
| Turnout | 40110 | 54.58 | |||
| SWA gain from INC | Swing | ||||