Rajkot East Assembly constituency

Rajkot East is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.^[2][3] It is part of Rajkot district.

Rajkot East
Constituency No. 68 for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
District	Rajkot
Lok Sabha constituency	Rajkot
Established	2008
Total electors	297,640[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Uday Kangad
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2022

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following wards of Rajkot Municipal Corporation:

Rajkot Taluka (Part) – Rajkot Municipal Corporation (Part) Ward No. – 5, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20.^[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
2012	Indranil Rajguru		Indian National Congress
2017	Arvind Raiyani[5]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2022	Uday Kangad

Election results

2022

Gujarat Assembly election, 2022: Rajkot East Assembly constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Uday Kangad	86194	46.38
	INC	Indranil Rajguru	57559	30.97
	AAP	Rahul Bhuva	35446	19.07
	NOTA	None of the above	2794	1.5
Majority				15.41
Turnout
Registered electors			293,185	[6]
	BJP hold		Swing

2017

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Arvind Raiyani	93,087	53.23
	INC	Mitul Donga	70,305	40.20
	BSP	Madhubhai Gohel	2,236	1.28
	AAP	Ajit Lokhil	1,927	1.10
	BTP	Karnabhai Maldhari	574	0.33
	NOTA	None of the above	3,587	2.05
Majority				13.03
Turnout			1,74,869	67.26
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2012

2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Rajkot East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Indranil Rajguru	60,877	41.97
	BJP	Kashyap Shukla	56,605	39.02
Majority			4,272	2.94
Turnout			145,066	69.01
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
• Rajkot district