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Constituency

14. Wankaner

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1972

GJ-WANKANER

INC 50.6%won by 24.7%BJS 25.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 24.7%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 46.2% to 50.6% of the vote here (+4.5%).
  • New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 25.9% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.6% between them, down from 96.7% — 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
38,738
Margin
9,567
24.70%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
SWA
Winner now
INCflipped
INCBJS swing
−21.5%
INC share
46.2% 50.6%
BJS share
0.0% 25.9%
Turnout