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Constituency

71. Rajkot Rural

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Gujarat · Gujarat Assembly Election, 2012

GJ-RAJKOT-RURAL

BJP 38.6%won by 7.7%INC 30.9%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.3% to 7.7%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2007 and 2012 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.6% between them, down from 92.9% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
2,24,209
Turnout
66.7%
Valid votes
1,49,564
Margin
11,466
7.67%

Since 2007

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 2007 and 2012. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPINC swing
−13.6%
BJP share
57.1% 38.6%
INC share
35.8% 30.9%
Turnout
66.7%