Constituency
162. Chikhli
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1967
GJ-CHIKHLI
INC 50.9%won by 5.2%SWA 45.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.4% to 5.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Praja Socialist Party (PSP) to Swatantra Party (SWA).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.6% of the vote between them, up from 81.0% — 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
38,951
Margin
2,044
5.25%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1A. G. PATELIndian National Congress · INC19,82950.9%
- 2K. M. PATELSwatantra Party · SWA17,78545.7%
- 3B. M. PATELIndependent · IND1,3373.4%
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
- −23.9%
- INC share
- 43.7% → 50.9%
- SWA share
- 14.5% → 45.7%
- Turnout
- — → —