Constituency
131. Sankheda
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1967
GJ-SANKHEDA
INC 72.8%won by 45.5%SWA 27.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.8% to 45.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 93.9% — 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
44,243
Margin
20,131
45.50%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1C.J. PATELIndian National Congress · INC32,18772.8%
- 2R.G. PATELSwatantra Party · SWA12,05627.2%
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
- +24.7%
- INC share
- 57.3% → 72.8%
- SWA share
- 36.6% → 27.2%
- Turnout
- — → —