Rajkot West | |
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Constituency for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | Western India |
State | Gujarat |
District | Rajkot |
LS constituency | Rajkot |
Established | 2008 |
Total electors | 354,378 [1] |
Reservation | None |
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 current MLA was Gujarat's Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. It is a segment of Rajkot Lok Sabha constituency.
This assembly seat represents the following segments [4]
Election | Member | Image | 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) |
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2017 | Vijay Rupani [7] | |||
2022 | Darshita Shah [8] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Dr. Darshita Paras Shah | 138687 | 67.98 | ||
INC | Kalariya Mansukhbhai Jadavbhai | 32712 | 16.03 | ||
AAP | Dineshkumar Mohanbhai Joshi | 26319 | 12.9 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 3419 | 1.68 | ||
Majority | 51.95 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | 350,580 | [9] | |||
BJP hold | Swing |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Vijaybhai Ramniklalbhai 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 |
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 |
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 |
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.
Legislative Assembly of Gujarat Assembly Constituency - 18- Rajkot II
Rajkot West | |
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Constituency for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | Western India |
State | Gujarat |
District | Rajkot |
LS constituency | Rajkot |
Established | 2008 |
Total electors | 354,378 [1] |
Reservation | None |
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 current MLA was Gujarat's Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. It is a segment of Rajkot Lok Sabha constituency.
This assembly seat represents the following segments [4]
Election | Member | Image | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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) |
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2017 | Vijay Rupani [7] | |||
2022 | Darshita Shah [8] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Dr. Darshita Paras Shah | 138687 | 67.98 | ||
INC | Kalariya Mansukhbhai Jadavbhai | 32712 | 16.03 | ||
AAP | Dineshkumar Mohanbhai Joshi | 26319 | 12.9 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 3419 | 1.68 | ||
Majority | 51.95 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | 350,580 | [9] | |||
BJP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Vijaybhai Ramniklalbhai 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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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.
Legislative Assembly of Gujarat Assembly Constituency - 18- Rajkot II