Constituency
17. Rajkot-Ii
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1972
GJ-RAJKOT-II
INC 73.4%won by 48.9%BJS 24.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 48.9%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 41.6% to 73.4% of the vote here (+31.8%).
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 24.5% — it did not contest here in 1967.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
51,392
Margin
25,141
48.92%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1PRADUMMANSINJI JADEJAIndian National Congress · INC37,71873.4%
- 2KESHAVBHAI PATELBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS12,57724.5%
- 3VINAYAK VALABHAI BAHGATIndependent · IND1,0972.1%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- +7.3%
- INC share
- 41.6% → 73.4%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 24.5%
- Turnout
- — → —