Constituency
29. Porbandar
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1967
GJ-PORBANDAR
INC 38.0%won by 2.5%SWA 35.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.5% to 2.5%.
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 16.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 35.5% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.5% between them, down from 96.7% — 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
32,709
Margin
823
2.52%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1P. D. KAKKADIndian National Congress · INC12,43238.0%
- 2V. K. THAKARARSwatantra Party · SWA11,60935.5%
- 3R. L. VISHANAIndependent · IND8,66826.5%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SWA swing
- −52.1%
- INC share
- 54.6% → 38.0%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 35.5%
- Turnout
- — → —