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Constituency

144. Ankleshwar

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1967

GJ-ANKLESHWAR

INC 47.6%won by 7.8%SWA 39.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.2% to 7.8%.

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 3.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.4% of the vote between them, up from 77.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
42,621
Margin
3,322
7.79%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC
  1. 1A.A. PATELIndian National Congress · INC20,29447.6%
  2. 2H.G. PATELSwatantra Party · SWA16,97239.8%
  3. 3M.R. DESAIIndependent · IND5,35512.6%

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
−16.4%
INC share
50.8% 47.6%
SWA share
26.6% 39.8%
Turnout