Rajkot Lok Sabha Constituency of Gujarat: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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Rajkot Lok Sabha Constituency, is one of 26 Lok Sabha constituencies in the western state of Gujarat and cast its vote in the 2019 election on April 23. The results would be declared on May 23.

Rajkot registered 63.15 percent voter turnout in 2019, a loss of 0.44 percent. The total number of electors in the constituency is 1883866 while the total voter turnout is 1189711. While in 2014, the constituency registered 63.59 percent voter turnout. The total number of electors in the constituency was 1655219 while the total voter's turnout was 1052595.

Kagathara Lalitbhai of Indian National Congress, Kundaria Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai of Bharatiya Janata Party and Vijay Parmar of Bahujan Samaj Party are a few prominent candidates contesting for general election 2019 from Rajkot Lok Sabha constituency of Gujarat.

Rajkot constituency covers seven assembly segments –  Tankara, Wankaner, Rajkot Purva, Rajkot West, Rajkot Dakshin, Rajkot Gramya and Jasdan.

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Rajkot Lok Sabha constituency of Gujarat.

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	KAGATHARA LALITBHAI	Indian National Congress
2	KUNDARIA MOHANBHAI KALYANJIBHAI	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	VIJAY PARMAR	Bahujan Samaj Party
4	AMARDAS B. DESANI	Independent
5	CHITRODA NATHALAL (CHITRODA SIR)	Independent
6	J. B. CHAUHAN	Independent
7	CHAUHAN MANOJBHAI PRAVINBHAI	Independent
8	JASPALSINH MAHAVEERSINH TOMAR	Independent
9	DENGADA PRAVINBHAI MEGHJIBHAI	Independent
10	RAKESH PATEL	Independent

In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Kundariya Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai, of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – roared to victory by winning with a margin of over 2.46 lakh votes. He had defeated Kunvarjibhai Mohanbhai Bavaliya of the Indian National Congress (INC). Kalyanjibhai had secured 621524 votes while Kunvarjibhai got 375096 votes.