Constituency
32. Somnath
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1967
GJ-SOMNATH
SWA 47.4%won by 4.7%INC 42.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Swatantra Party (SWA), which now leads by 4.7%.
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 47.4% of the vote here (+47.4%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.0% between them, down from 97.8% — 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
36,045
Margin
1,703
4.72%
Candidates
4 contested · winner SWA- 1K. B. DODIYASwatantra Party · SWA17,07147.4%
- 2N. J. SONAIYAIndian National Congress · INC15,36842.6%
- 3M. R. BHAGDEVIndependent · IND2,2196.2%
- 4J. L. KAMALIYAIndependent · IND1,3873.8%
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
- +60.9%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 47.4%
- INC share
- 56.2% → 42.6%
- Turnout
- — → —