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1. Abdasa

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1972

GJ-ABDASA

INC 67.4%won by 47.2%BJS 20.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.9% to 47.2%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 20.2% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.6% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

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
36,728
Margin
17,324
47.17%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KHIMJI NAGJIIndian National Congress · INC24,74367.4%
  2. 2VIRENDRA SHIVDASBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7,41920.2%
  3. 3JAVERCHAND KUNVERJIIndependent · IND2,4816.8%
  4. 4RAGHAVJI MADHAVJIIndependent · IND8362.3%
  5. 5GADHVI KARMIDAN GOPALJIIndependent · IND8122.2%
  6. 6LAXMINARAYAN LAIJI JOSHIIndependent · IND4371.2%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
−12.3%
INC share
59.4% → 67.4%
BJS share
0.0% → 20.2%
Turnout
— → —
2. Bhuj
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