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Constituency

143. Broach

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1967

GJ-BROACH

INC 46.1%won by 18.5%SWA 27.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.6% to 18.5%.

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 6.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Nationalist Justice Party (NJP) to Swatantra Party (SWA).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.7% between them, down from 81.6% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
45,784
Margin
8,466
18.49%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC
  1. 1C.M. BHATTIndian National Congress · INC21,11246.1%
  2. 2A.N. CHAUHANSwatantra Party · SWA12,64627.6%
  3. 3B.B. MODIIndependent · IND12,02626.3%

Since 1962

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSWA swing
−15.3%
INC share
52.1% 46.1%
SWA share
18.4% 27.6%
Turnout