Rajkot South Assembly constituency

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

This assembly seat represents the following segments^[4]

1. Rajkot Taluka (Part) – Rajkot Municipal Corporation (Part) Ward No. – 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

Member of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
2012	Govind Patel		Bharatiya Janata Party
2017[5]
2022	Rameshbhai Virjibhai Tilala

Election results

2022

Gujarat Assembly election, 2022: Rajkot South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ramesh 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

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Rajkot South^[5]

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

2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Rajkot South^[8]

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

• List of constituencies of Gujarat Legislative Assembly
• Gujarat Legislative Assembly

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. "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2017". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
6. "BJP releases list of 10 candidates for 2022 Gujarat assembly elections". Hindustan Times. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
7. "Gujarat Legislative Elections". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
8. "Gujarat Assembly Elections – 2012" (PDF). Ceo.gujarat.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2015.

External links

• "Results of Gujarat Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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