Constituency
144. Ankleshwar
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1967
GJ-ANKLESHWAR
INC 47.6%won by 7.8%SWA 39.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
42,621
Margin
3,322
7.79%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1A.A. PATELIndian National Congress · INC20,29447.6%
- 2H.G. PATELSwatantra Party · SWA16,97239.8%
- 3M.R. DESAIIndependent · IND5,35512.6%
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
- −16.4%
- INC share
- 50.8% → 47.6%
- SWA share
- 26.6% → 39.8%
- Turnout
- — → —