Bharatiya Janata Party's Rathwa Jayantibhai Savjibhai defeated Aam Aadmi Party's Rathwa Radhikaben Amarsinghbhai by 38,106 votes in the Jetpur constituency in Gujarat, according to latest data from the Election Commission of India.
The Jetpur legislative assembly constituency went to the polls on December 5, 2022.
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The assembly seat is reserved for the scheduled caste category and falls in the Chhota Udaipur Lok Sabha constituency.
In the December 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections, Jetpur was won by Sukhrambhai Hariyabhai Rathva of the Congress. He defeated BJP's Jayantibhai Savajibhai Rathva.
Before that, in the 2012 Gujarat Vidhan Sabha elections, the seat was held by Bharatiya Janata party's Jayantibhai Savajibhai Rathava.
In the 2017 assembly polls, Hariyabhai Rathva garnered 77,701 votes, securing 45.58 percent of the vote share and winning the seat by a margin of 3,052 votes. In percentage terms, the victory margin was 1.8 percent.
Assembly election year | Winning Party | Margin of victory |
2012 | BJP | 4,273 |
2017 | Congress | 3,052 |
2022 | BJP | 38,106 |
The total number of voters in the Jetpur constituency stands at 2,71,060 with 1,38,952 male and 1,32,106 female voters.
The Jetpur constituency has a literacy level of 78.92 percent.
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First Published:Dec 7, 2022 10:35 PM IST