Constituency
28. Dwarka
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1967
GJ-DWARKA
INC 34.2%won by 4.5%SWA 29.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 39.6% to 4.5%.
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 30.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Swatantra Party (SWA).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.0% between them, down from 89.9% — 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
30,093
Margin
1,344
4.47%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1K. G. RAICHURAIndian National Congress · INC10,29834.2%
- 2R. K. MADAMSwatantra Party · SWA8,95429.8%
- 3N. P. POPATIndependent · IND8,19327.2%
- 4D. N. JAMIndependent · IND2,0036.7%
- 5N. G. KOTECHAIndependent · IND6452.1%
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
- −51.7%
- INC share
- 64.8% → 34.2%
- SWA share
- 8.7% → 29.8%
- Turnout
- — → —