Constituency
109. Salia
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1967
GJ-SALIA
SWA 37.7%won by 0.4%IND 37.2%
What changed here
DerivedSwatantra Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 37.6% to 0.4%.
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 23.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.9% between them, down from 85.3% — 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
34,685
Margin
147
0.42%
Candidates
3 contested · winner SWA- 1R.J. BHATIASwatantra Party · SWA13,05937.7%
- 2P.H. PATELIndependent · IND12,91237.2%
- 3K. PRUTHVIRAJSINHIndian National Congress · INC8,71425.1%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- SWA
- SWA–IND swing
- −57.9%
- SWA share
- 61.5% → 37.7%
- IND share
- 3.2% → 37.2%
- Turnout
- — → —