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28. Dwarka

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1972

GJ-DWARKA

INC 58.5%won by 30.5%IND 28.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.5% to 30.5%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Swatantra Party (SWA) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.5% of the vote between them, up from 64.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
39,702
Margin
12,117
30.52%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GORIYA MARKHI JETHAIndian National Congress · INC23,23458.5%
  2. 2KESHAVJI G. RAYCHURAIndependent · IND11,11728.0%
  3. 3MANEK JIVABHAI TOYABHABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,5058.8%
  4. 4CHAVADA VALA NATHAIndependent · IND8232.1%
  5. 5KANTILAL DAYABHAI PATELIndependent · IND7501.9%
  6. 6ATRI N DHANSUKHRAYIndependent · IND2060.5%
  7. 7RAMMIKLAL B MANGIAIndependent · IND670.2%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
+23.5%
INC share
34.2% → 58.5%
IND share
27.2% → 28.0%
Turnout
— → —
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