Constituency
50. Bhavnagar
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1967
GJ-BHAVNAGAR
INC 37.8%won by 9.2%IND 28.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 9.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 45.8% to 37.8% of the vote here (−8.0%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.4% between them, down from 94.6% — 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
38,567
Margin
3,551
9.21%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1P. SHAHIndian National Congress · INC14,58037.8%
- 2S. MEHTAIndependent · IND11,02928.6%
- 3V. P. DESAIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS4,85412.6%
- 4P. R. MEHTAIndependent · IND4,04110.5%
- 5R. PATELPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,4406.3%
- 6M. H. PANANIIndependent · IND1,6234.2%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–IND swing
- −33.7%
- INC share
- 45.8% → 37.8%
- IND share
- 2.9% → 28.6%
- Turnout
- — → —