Constituency
126. Matar
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1967
GJ-MATAR
INC 67.5%won by 37.2%SWA 30.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.1% to 37.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.8% of the vote between them, up from 91.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
47,067
Margin
17,528
37.24%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1G.A. WAGHELAIndian National Congress · INC31,77767.5%
- 2D.P. MAKWANASwatantra Party · SWA14,24930.3%
- 3K.M. CHAUHANIndependent · IND1,0412.2%
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
- +37.2%
- INC share
- 45.7% → 67.5%
- SWA share
- 45.6% → 30.3%
- Turnout
- — → —