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State:	Gujarat
Constituency:	Rajkot
Total Votes Polled:	416933
Winner: BJP	Kathiriya Vallabhbhai Ramjibhai	210626
Runner Up: INC	Vakariya Shivlalbhai Nagjibhai	169806
Margin: 40820 (10.07%)

Minoo Masani of the Swatantra Party was elected from in 1967, but in the elections four years later he was trounced by former chief minister Ghanshyam Oza of the Congress. Another loyal BJP stronghold in recent times, the saffron brigade has pocketed this constituency three times in a row starting 1889, although its share of votes in the same period fell from 67.2 % in 1989 to 51.94 % the last time round.