Rajkot East Assembly constituency

Rajkot East
Constituency for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region Western India
State Gujarat
District Rajkot
LS constituency Rajkot
Total electors 297,640
Reservation None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Uday Kangad
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year 2022

Rajkot East is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India. It is part of Rajkot district.

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.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year Member Party
2012 Indranil Rajguru Indian National Congress
2017 Arvind Raiyani 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
BJP hold Swing

2017

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Rajkot East
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