Rajkot Lok Sabha constituency

Rajkot Lok Sabha constituency (Gujarati: રાજકોટ લોકસભા મતવિસ્તાર) is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Gujarat state in western India.^[1]

Rajkot Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
Assembly constituencies	Tankara Wankaner Rajkot East Rajkot West Rajkot South Rajkot Rural Jasdan
Established	1952
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Parshottam Rupala
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

Presently, Rajkot Lok Sabha constituency comprises seven Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:^[2]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	MLA	Party	Party Leading (in 2019)
66	Tankara	None	Morbi	Durlabhbhai Dethariya	BJP	BJP
67	Wankaner	None	Morbi	Jitendra Somani	BJP	BJP
68	Rajkot East	None	Rajkot	Uday Kangad	BJP	BJP
69	Rajkot West	None	Rajkot	Darshita Shah	BJP	BJP
70	Rajkot South	None	Rajkot	Rameshbhai Tilala	BJP	BJP
71	Rajkot Rural	SC	Rajkot	Bhanuben Babariya	BJP	BJP
72	Jasdan	None	Rajkot	Kunwarjibhai Bavaliya	BJP	BJP

Members of Parliament

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Himmatsinhji		Indian National Congress
	Khandubhai Kasanji Desai
1962	U. N. Dhebar
1967	Minoo Masani		Swatantra Party
1971	Ghanshyambhai Oza		Indian National Congress
1977	Keshubhai Patel		Janata Party
1980	Ramjibhai Mavani		Indian National Congress
1984	Ramaben Patel		Indian National Congress
1989	Shivlal Vekaria		Bharatiya Janata Party
1991
1996	Vallabhbhai Kathiria
1998
1999
2004
2009	Kuvarjibhai Bavalia		Indian National Congress
2014	Mohan Kundariya		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024	Parshottam Rupala

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Rajkot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Parshottam Rupala	857,984	67.37
	INC	Paresh Dhanani	3,73,724	29.35
	NOTA	None of the above	15,922	1.95
Majority
Turnout
	BJP hold		Swing

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Rajkot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mohan Kundariya	758,600	63.47	+4.67
	INC	Kagathara Lalitbhai	3,90,238	32.65	−2.83
	NOTA	None of the Above	18,318	1.53	−0.20
	BSP	Vijay Parmar	15,388	1.29	+0.09
Majority			3,68,407	30.82	+7.51
Turnout			10,96,300	63.49	−0.40
	BJP hold		Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Rajkot^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mohan Kundariya	621,524	58.80	+15.26
	INC	Kunvarjibhai Bavaliya	3,75,096	35.48	−11.86
	BSP	Jivanbhai Parmar	12,653	1.20	−1.06
	NOTA	None of the Above	18,249	1.73	N/A
Majority			2,46,428	23.31	+19.51
Turnout			10,57,783	63.89	+24.16
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+15.26

General elections 2009^[5]

2009 Indian general elections: Rajkot^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kunvarjibhai Bavaliya	307,434	50.34
	BJP	Kirankumar Patel	2,82,742	43.54
	BSP	Daleechandbhai Dhedhi Patel	14,653	2.26
Majority			24,735	3.80
Turnout			6,49,606	44.64
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

General elections 2004^[8]

2004 Indian general elections: Rajkot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vallabhbhai Kathiria	320,604	59.52
	NCP	Bachubhai Manvar	1,76,634	32.79
	BSP	Karanbhai Maldhari	22,666	4.20
Majority			1,43,970	26.73
Turnout			5,38,630	32.64
	BJP hold		Swing

See also

• Rajkot district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

Notes

1. "Rupala won as Kshatriya stir polarised voters in favour of BJP: Rajkot Congress president". The Indian Express. 2024-06-07. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
2. "Parliament Constituency wise Electors Detail, Polling Stations & EPIC - Loksabha Election 2009" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Gujarat website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-16.
3. CEO Gujarat. Contesting Candidates LS2014
4. "Constituencywise-All Candidates". ECI.
5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-02. Retrieved 2014-05-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
6. CEO Gujarat. Contesting Candidates LS2014
7. "Constituencywise-All Candidates". ECI.
8. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-18. Retrieved 2017-06-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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