Constituency
139. Padra
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1967
GJ-PADRA
INC 54.5%won by 18.2%SWA 36.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 18.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 35.2% to 54.5% of the vote here (+19.3%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.7% of the vote between them, up from 70.6% — 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
48,222
Margin
8,792
18.23%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1J.S. SHAHIndian National Congress · INC26,26354.5%
- 2S.D. PARMARSwatantra Party · SWA17,47136.2%
- 3S.K. MAALEKPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,5805.4%
- 4C.R. PADHIARIndependent · IND1,9084.0%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SWA swing
- +18.4%
- INC share
- 35.2% → 54.5%
- SWA share
- 35.4% → 36.2%
- Turnout
- — → —