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{{short description|Legislative Assembly constituency in Gujarat State, India}}
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{{Infobox Vidhan Sabha constituency
'''[[Rajkot]] West''' Vidhan Sabha Constituency is one of the 182 assembly constituencies in [[Gujarat]] state, in India. It is located in [[Rajkot district]]. This seat is totally dominated by urban voters. This seat came into existence after 2008 delimitation. Prior to that some areas under it were called 'Rajkot II' seat. Its current MLA is Gujarat's Chief Minister [[Vijay Rupani]]. It is a segment of [[Rajkot (Lok Sabha constituency)]].
|name                  = Rajkot West
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|lok_sabha_constituency = [[Rajkot (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rajkot]]
|year                  = [[2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2017]]
|party                  = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|mla                    = [[Vijay Rupani]]
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'''Rajkot West''' is one of the 182 [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] constituencies of [[Gujarat]] state in [[India]].<ref name=gjceo>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125011107/http://ceo.gujarat.gov.in/download/PCAC.pdf |url=http://ceo.gujarat.gov.in/download/PCAC.pdf |archive-date=25 January 2014 |title=Parliament / Assembly Constituency wise PS & Electors Detail - Draft Roll - 2014 |access-date= 1 June 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Gujarat/gujarat.pdf |title=Gujarat: Order No. 33: Table-A: Assembly Constituency and Their Extent |date=12 December 2006 |website=Election Commission of India |publisher=Delimitation Commission of India |pages=2–31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305015941/http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Gujarat/gujarat.pdf |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=12 February 2017 }}</ref> It is part of [[Rajkot district|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 is Gujarat's Chief Minister [[Vijay Rupani]]. It is a segment of [[Rajkot (Lok Sabha constituency)]].


==List of segments==
==List of segments==
This assembly seat represents the following segments<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Gujarat/gujarat.pdf|title=Gujarat: Order No. 33: Table-A: Assembly Constituency and Their Extent|date=12 December 2006|website=Election Commission of India|publisher=Delimitation Commission of India|pages=2–31|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305015941/http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Gujarat/gujarat.pdf|archive-date=5 March 2016|access-date=12 February 2017}}</ref>
This assembly seat represents the following segments<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Gujarat/gujarat.pdf|title=Gujarat: Order No. 33: Table-A: Assembly Constituency and Their Extent|date=12 December 2006|website=Election Commission of India|publisher=Delimitation Commission of India|pages=2–31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305015941/http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Gujarat/gujarat.pdf|archive-date=5 March 2016|access-date=12 February 2017}}</ref>


# Rajkot Taluka (Part) – Rajkot Municipal Corporation (Part) Ward No. – 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24.
# Rajkot Taluka (Part) – Rajkot Municipal Corporation (Part) Ward No. – 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24.
==Voter Statistics==
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ceo.gujarat.gov.in/download/PCAC.pdf|format=PDF|title=Parliament Constituency wise Electors, EPIC & Images Status : PC Election Roll ‐ 2014|publisher=Ceo.gujarat.gov.in|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Election !! Polling Stations !! Male Voters !! Female Voters !! Others !! Total Voters
|-
| [[2014 Indian general election|2014]] || 265|| 148303 || 142828 || 5 || 291136
|}


==Members of Vidhan Sabha==
==Members of Vidhan Sabha==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party
!Election!!Member!!colspan="2"|Party
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Swatantra Party/meta/color}}" |
| 1967
| 1967
| M. P. Jadeja
| M. P. Jadeja
| [[Swatantra Party]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Jan Sangh]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| 1972
| 1972
| Pradummansinh Jadeja
| Pradummansinh Jadeja
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Jan Sangh]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| 1975
| 1975
| Arvindbhai Maniyar
| Arvindbhai Maniyar
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Jan Sangh]]
| [[Bharatiya Jan Sangh]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress (Indira)/meta/color}}" |
| 1980
| 1980
| Manibhai Ranpara
| Manibhai Ranpara
| [[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|-
| rowspan="7" style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| 1985
| 1985
| rowspan="4" | [[Vajubhai Vala]]
| rowspan="4" | [[Vajubhai Vala]]
| rowspan="7" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="7" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="7" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|-
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| colspan="4" style="background-color:black |{{color|white|Major boundary changes (constituency name changed from Rajkot II to Rajkot West)}}  
| colspan="4" style="background-color:black |{{color|white|Major boundary changes (constituency name changed from Rajkot II to Rajkot West)}}  
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| [[2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2012]]
| [[2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2012]]
| [[Vajubhai Vala]] (Appointed Governor in 2014)
| [[Vajubhai Vala]] (Appointed Governor in 2014)
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="3" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|-
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|-
| [[2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2017]]
| [[2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2017]]
| [[Vijay Rupani]]  
| [[Vijay Rupani]]<ref name=election2017/>
|-
|-
|}
|}
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==Election Results==
==Election Results==
===2017===
===2017===
 
{{Election box begin | title=[[2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2017]]: Rajkot West<ref name=election2017>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3841-gujarat-general-legislative-election-2017/ |title=Gujarat General Legislative Election 2017 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date= 11 July 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Rajkot|Rajkot West]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |candidate  = [[Vijay Rupani]]
   |candidate  = [[Vijay Rupani]]
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* Nathwani Kashmira Bakulbhai F INC 38359
* Nathwani Kashmira Bakulbhai F INC 38359


===1998 Vidhan Sabha===
===February 2002 bye-poll===
* Vajubhai Roodabhai Vala (BJP) : 43,034 votes <ref>https://www.elections.in/gujarat/assembly-constituencies/1998-election-results.html</ref>
* Kashmeeraben Bakulbhai Nathvanee F AIRJP : 14316
 
====February 2002 bye-poll====
{{Election box begin | title=Gujarat Legislative Assembly By Election, 2002: [[Rajkot|Rajkot II]]}}
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
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{{Election box end}}
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===1998 Vidhan Sabha===
* Vajubhai Roodabhai Vala (BJP) : 43,034 votes <ref>https://www.elections.in/gujarat/assembly-constituencies/1998-election-results.html</ref>
* Kashmeeraben Bakulbhai Nathvanee F AIRJP : 14316


===1990 Vidhan Sabha===
===1990 Vidhan Sabha===
* Vajubhai Vala (BJP) : 31,864 votes
* Vajubhai Vala (BJP) : 31,864 votes
* Sudhir Joshi M INC : 16388
* Sudhir Joshi M INC : 16388
==See also==
* [[List of constituencies of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Rajkot district]]


==References==
==References==
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{{Assembly constituencies of Gujarat|state=expanded}}


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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Gujarat]]

Latest revision as of 15:39, 9 December 2021


Rajkot West
Constituency
for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
DistrictRajkot
StateGujarat
Electorate316,710[1][needs update]
Lok Sabha ConstituencyRajkot
Current constituency
Created2017
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
MLAVijay Rupani
ReservationNone

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 is Gujarat's Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. It is a segment of Rajkot (Lok Sabha constituency).

List of segments[edit]

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 Vidhan Sabha[edit]

Election Member Party
1967 M. P. Jadeja Bharatiya Jan Sangh
1972 Pradummansinh Jadeja Bharatiya Jan Sangh
1975 Arvindbhai Maniyar Bharatiya Jan Sangh
1980 Manibhai Ranpara Bharatiya Janata Party
1985 Vajubhai Vala Bharatiya Janata Party
1990
1995
1998
February 2002 ^ [5][6] Narendra Modi (bye-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 (bye-poll after Vala was appointed Governor;
      Rupani became CM in 2016)
2017 Vijay Rupani[1]

Election Results[edit]

2017[edit]

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Rajkot West[1]
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

2014 Bypoll[edit]

Bye-election, 2014: Rajkot West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Vijaykumar Ramniklal 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

2012[edit]

2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Rajkot West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala 90,405 54.17
INC Atul Rasikbhai Rajani 65,427 39.20
style="background-color: Template:Gujarat Parivartan Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Gujarat Parivartan Party|Template:Gujarat Parivartan Party/meta/shortname]] 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

2007[edit]

  • Vajubhai Vala M BJP 48215
  • Nathwani Kashmira Bakulbhai F INC 38359

February 2002 bye-poll[edit]

Gujarat Legislative Assembly By Election, 2002: Rajkot II
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

1998 Vidhan Sabha[edit]

  • Vajubhai Roodabhai Vala (BJP) : 43,034 votes [7]
  • Kashmeeraben Bakulbhai Nathvanee F AIRJP : 14316

1990 Vidhan Sabha[edit]

  • Vajubhai Vala (BJP) : 31,864 votes
  • Sudhir Joshi M INC : 16388

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2017". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  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. ↑ https://www.elections.in/gujarat/assembly-constituencies/1998-election-results.html

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