Constituency
168. Umbergaon
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1967
GJ-UMBERGAON
INC 77.0%won by 54.0%SWA 23.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 44.0% to 54.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 23.0% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
30,627
Margin
16,541
54.01%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1S. D. THAKARIAIndian National Congress · INC23,58477.0%
- 2M. V. DHODISwatantra Party · SWA7,04323.0%
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
- −18.0%
- INC share
- 72.0% → 77.0%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 23.0%
- Turnout
- — → —