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3. Mandvi

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1972

GJ-MANDVI

INC 71.2%won by 49.3%BJS 22.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.9% to 49.3%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 22.0% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 93.2% 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
36,372
Margin
17,921
49.27%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1NOSHIR DORABJI DASTURIndian National Congress · INC25,91571.2%
  2. 2S RUPSHANKAR MEHTABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7,99422.0%
  3. 3NANALAL RANCHHODDASNCO · NCO1,8635.1%
  4. 4BRAHMIN C D SHANKAR JANIIndependent · IND3260.9%
  5. 5KANTILAL CHUNILAL MEHTAIndependent · IND2740.8%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
−1.7%
INC share
50.9% → 71.2%
BJS share
0.0% → 22.0%
Turnout
— → —
2. Bhuj4. Mundra
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