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Assembly constituency 70 · Gujarat

Rajkot South is assembly constituency number 70 in Gujarat, in Rajkot district, and one of the segments of the Rajkot Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Rameshbhai Virjibhai Tilala of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 66.4% of the vote, 78,864 votes ahead of Shivlal Barasia (AAAP).

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Rajkot South · 2022AC 70
  1. 01
    Rameshbhai Virjibhai Tilala
    BJP
    1,01,734
    66.37%
  2. 02
    Shivlal Barasia
    AAP
    22,870
    14.92%
  3. 03
    Hitesh Maganbhai Vora
    INC
    22,507
    14.68%
  4. 04
    Parekh Punitaben Hasmukhbhai
    Independent
    2,842
    1.85%
  5. 05
    Rakesh Patel
    Independent
    295
    0.19%
  6. 3 other candidates · 674 votesNOTA · 2,353 (1.54%)

Margin 78,864 votes · 51.45% of valid votes

2,58,831
Registered electors
2022 election
59.3%
Turnout
-5.4 pts vs 2017
78,864
Victory margin
51.5% of valid votes
Dec 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 8 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,53,275 valid votes, NOTA included.

Rajkot South 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Rameshbhai Virjibhai TilalaMale · 57 yrsBJP1,01,734
66.37%
2Shivlal BarasiaMale · 61 yrsAAP22,870
14.92%
3Hitesh Maganbhai VoraMale · 45 yrsINC22,507
14.68%
4Parekh Punitaben HasmukhbhaiFemale · 62 yrsIndependent2,842
1.85%
—NOTANOTA2,353
1.54%
5Rakesh PatelMale · 41 yrsIndependent295
0.19%
6Pravinbhai Meghajibhai DengadaMale · 60 yrs · SCIndependent274
0.18%
7Bhumika Pareshbhai PatelFemale · 28 yrsIndependent232
0.15%
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8Amardas DesaniMale · 56 yrsIndependent168
0.11%
Past results

BJP held the seat: it also won in 2017.

0%20%40%60%20172022BJP 66.4%AAP 14.9%INC 14.7%BSP 1.0%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2022Rameshbhai Virjibhai TilalaBJP · 66.4% · margin 78,864Turnout59.3%
2017Govindbhai PatelBJP · 63.2% · margin 47,121Turnout64.6%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Rajkot South result 2017

Rajkot South 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Govindbhai PatelBJP98,951
63.18%
2Dr. Dinesh ChovatiyaINC51,830
33.09%
—NOTANOTA2,251
1.44%
3Anju PadaliyaBSP1,528
0.98%
4Desai Vinodbhai NanjibhaiNCP517
0.33%
5Vinodbhai Nanalal MakvanaIndependent389
0.25%
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6Girishbhai Vallabhabhai Maraviya (patel)AAP284
0.18%
7Jaspalsinh Mahavirsinh TomarIndependent283
0.18%
8Nishantbhai PatelShiv Sena230
0.15%
9Kubavat Atulbhai KanubhaiIndependent186
0.12%
10Aziz Iqbalbhai ViraniIndependent163
0.10%
Map

Rajkot South outlined in orange among the other Gujarat seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2022. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Rajkot district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

BJPINCAAPSPOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Rajkot South is one of the assembly segments of Rajkot. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Rajkot candidates.

  • Parshottambhai RupalaBJP1,11,072 75.4%
  • Dhanani PareshINC34,210 23.2%
  • Chamanbhai Nagjibhai SavsaniBSP825 0.6%
  • Ajagiya Niralbhai AmrutlalIndependent318 0.2%
  • Bhaveshbhai Kantilal PipaliyaIndependent197 0.1%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 76,862 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Rajkot South.

Who won the Rajkot South assembly seat in 2022?

Rameshbhai Virjibhai Tilala of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Rajkot South in the 2022 Gujarat assembly election with 1,01,734 votes, which was 66.37% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Rajkot South?

The margin was 78,864 votes (51.45% of valid votes). The runner-up was Shivlal Barasia of the Aam Aadmi Party with 22,870 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Rajkot South in 2022?

Turnout was 59.26%: 1,53,379 of 2,58,831 registered electors voted, across 228 polling stations. That is 5.4 points lower than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Rajkot South part of?

Rajkot South is an assembly segment of the Rajkot Lok Sabha constituency in Gujarat. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Parshottambhai Rupala got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Rajkot South a reserved constituency?

No. Rajkot South is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Rajkot South?

The Gujarat assembly elected in 2022 completes its five-year term in 2027, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Gujarat assembly elections of 2022 and 2017 (2022 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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