Constituency
21. Upleta
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1967
GJ-UPLETA
INC 47.8%won by 20.5%IND 27.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 44.3% to 20.5%.
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 20.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 27.3% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.1% between them, down from 92.8% — the field split more ways.
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
33,891
Margin
6,952
20.51%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1J. A. PATELIndian National Congress · INC16,20347.8%
- 2R. B. ZALAWADIAIndependent · IND9,25127.3%
- 3B. V. KOTHADIASwatantra Party · SWA8,43724.9%
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–IND swing
- −48.0%
- INC share
- 68.5% → 47.8%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 27.3%
- Turnout
- — → —