Constituency
74. Mehsana
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1967
GJ-MEHSANA
SWA 55.1%won by 15.5%INC 39.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Swatantra Party (SWA), which now leads by 15.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- SWA vote shareSWA went from 28.6% to 55.1% of the vote here (+26.6%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.8% of the vote between them, up from 78.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
41,846
Margin
6,493
15.52%
Candidates
5 contested · winner SWA- 1K. J. YAGNIKSwatantra Party · SWA23,07355.1%
- 2P. R. PATELIndian National Congress · INC16,58039.6%
- 3H. K. DESAIIndependent · IND1,0172.4%
- 4B. K. RUVALAIndependent · IND7221.7%
- 5S. J. PATELIndependent · IND4541.1%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- SWAflipped
- SWA–INC swing
- +36.7%
- SWA share
- 28.6% → 55.1%
- INC share
- 49.7% → 39.6%
- Turnout
- — → —