Constituency
43. Rajula
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1967
GJ-RAJULA
INC 49.5%won by 7.5%SWA 42.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.2% to 7.5%.
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 13.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 42.0% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 91.4% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
28,745
Margin
2,158
7.51%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1J. MEHTAIndian National Congress · INC14,22249.5%
- 2M. H. MEHTASwatantra Party · SWA12,06442.0%
- 3K. R. RATHODPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,3824.8%
- 4J. R. NASHITIndependent · IND8052.8%
- 5B. B. MALANKIAIndependent · IND2720.9%
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–SWA swing
- −55.1%
- INC share
- 62.6% → 49.5%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 42.0%
- Turnout
- — → —