Rajkot Pashchim

Rajkot Pashchim assembly constituency (રાજકોટ પશ્ચિમ વિધાનસભા બેઠક) is one of the 182 assembly constituency of Gujarat. It is located in Rajkot District. This seat is totally dominated by urban voters. This seat came into existence after 2008 delimitation.

List of segments

^[1] This assembly seat represents the following wards of Rajkot Municipal Corporation.

Rajkot Taluka (Part) – Rajkot Municipal Corporation (Part) Ward No. – 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24.

Total number of voters

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Election	Polling Stations	Male Voters	Female Voters	Others	Total Voters
2014	265	148303	142828	5	291136

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

BJP

Election		Member	Party
	2012	Vajubhai Vala	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2014 By-election ^[3]	Vijay Rupani	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2012

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Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, 2012: Rajkot Pashchim
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vajubhai Vala	90,405	54.14
	INC	Atul Rajani	65,427	39.18
Majority			24,978	14.96
Turnout			1,66,970	63.61
	BJP win (new seat)

2014

Bye-election, 2014: Rajkot Pashchim
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vijay Rupani	81,092	56.20	+2.06
	INC	Jayantibhai Kalaria	57,352	39.75	+0.57
	NOTA	None of the above	3,110	2.16	N/A
Majority			23,740	16.45	+1.49
Turnout			1,44,282	49.56	-14.05
	BJP hold		Swing	+2.06

References

↑ "DELIMITATION COMMISSION OF INDIA NIRVACHAN SADAN, ASHOKA ROAD, NEW DELHI - 110001." (PDF). Eci.nic.in. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
↑ "Parliament Constituency wise Electors, EPIC & Images Status : PC Election Roll ‐ 2014" (PDF). Ceo.gujarat.gov.in. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
↑ By-election due to the appointment of Vajubhai Vala as Governor of Karnataka
↑ "GUJARAT ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS - 2012 STATISTICAL REPORT" (PDF). Ceo.gujarat.gov.in. Retrieved 13 December 2014.