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
Lok Sabha 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