Rajkot South 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.
| Rajkot South | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 70 for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Western India |
| State | Gujarat |
| District | Rajkot |
| LS constituency | Rajkot |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 258,831[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Rameshbhai Virjibhai Tilala | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
List of segments
editThis assembly seat represents the following segments[4]
- Rajkot Taluka (Part) – Rajkot Municipal Corporation (Part) Ward No. – 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
Member of Legislative Assembly
edit| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Govind Patel | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2017[5] | |||
| 2022 | Rameshbhai Virjibhai Tilala | ||
Election results
edit2022
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Rameshbhai Virjibhai Tilala[6] | 101734 | 66.37 | ||
| AAP | Shivlal Barasia | 22870 | 14.92 | ||
| INC | Hitesh Maganbhai Vora | 22507 | 14.68 | ||
| Independent | Parekh Punitaben Hasmukhbhai | 2842 | 1.85 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2353 | 1.54 | ||
| Majority | 51.45 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | 257,154 | [7] | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Govind Patel | 98,951 | 63.18 | +6.73 | |
| INC | Dr. Dinesh Chovatiya | 51,830 | 33.09 | −2.57 | |
| Majority | 47,121 | 30.09 | +9.29 | ||
| Turnout | 1,56,612 | 64.58 | −0.07 | ||
| Registered electors | 242,500 | [5] | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2012
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Govind Patel | 77,308 | 56.45 | ||
| INC | Mitul Donga | 48,831 | 35.66 | ||
| Majority | 28,477 | 20.80 | |||
| Turnout | 1,36,938 | 64.65 | |||
| BJP win (new seat) | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2017". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "BJP releases list of 10 candidates for 2022 Gujarat assembly elections". Hindustan Times. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Gujarat Legislative Elections". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ "Gujarat Assembly Elections – 2012" (PDF). Ceo.gujarat.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
External links
edit- "Results of Gujarat Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.