Rajkot East Assembly constituency

Rajkot East
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
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Uday Kangad
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2022
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Rajkot East is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.^[2]^[3] 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.^[4]

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

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 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)

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