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Constituency

5. Anjar

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1972

GJ-ANJAR

INC 43.2%won by 17.4%BJS 25.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.2% to 17.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 25.8% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.0% between them, down from 86.2% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
44,963
Margin
7,824
17.40%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJS swing
−33.3%
INC share
50.7% 43.2%
BJS share
0.0% 25.8%
Turnout