Constituency
8. Wadhwan
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1967
GJ-WADHWAN
SWA 68.6%won by 42.8%INC 25.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Swatantra Party (SWA), which now leads by 42.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- SWA vote shareSWA went from 0.0% to 68.6% of the vote here (+68.6%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.5% of the vote between them, up from 88.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
43,380
Margin
18,565
42.80%
Candidates
3 contested · winner SWA- 1S. J. JHALASwatantra Party · SWA29,77668.6%
- 2G. N. SHAHIndian National Congress · INC11,21125.8%
- 3C. AMICHANDIndependent · IND2,3935.5%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- SWAflipped
- SWA–INC swing
- +89.6%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 68.6%
- INC share
- 46.8% → 25.8%
- Turnout
- — → —