Constituency
151. Surat City East
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1967
GJ-SURAT-CITY-EAST
INC 68.3%won by 51.3%SWA 17.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 34.4% to 51.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 17.0% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.3% between them, down from 94.5% — the field split more ways.
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
27,766
Margin
14,244
51.30%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1G. R. CHOKHAWALAIndian National Congress · INC18,96668.3%
- 2P. B. MODISwatantra Party · SWA4,72217.0%
- 3H. M. SOLANKIIndependent · IND2,87710.4%
- 4M. B. CHOPRABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS8082.9%
- 5R. C.MASTERSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP3931.4%
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
- −13.1%
- INC share
- 64.4% → 68.3%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 17.0%
- Turnout
- — → —