Constituency
20. Dhoraji
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1967
GJ-DHORAJI
INC 48.4%won by 5.6%SWA 42.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 32.8% to 5.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 42.8% — it polled just 1.8% in 1962.
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
33,730
Margin
1,891
5.61%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1M. G. PATELIndian National Congress · INC16,33048.4%
- 2C. H. VYASSwatantra Party · SWA14,43942.8%
- 3K. D. KHAND.Independent · IND2,1966.5%
- 4A. U. GANDHIPraja Socialist Party · PSP7652.3%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SWA swing
- −56.8%
- INC share
- 64.2% → 48.4%
- SWA share
- 1.8% → 42.8%
- Turnout
- — → —