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29. Porbandar

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1972

GJ-PORBANDAR

INC 59.6%won by 26.5%IND 33.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.5% to 26.5%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Swatantra Party (SWA) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.6% of the vote between them, up from 73.5% — 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
44,817
Margin
11,894
26.54%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MALDEVJI M ODEDARAIndian National Congress · INC26,69359.6%
  2. 2VASANJI KHERAJ THAKRARIndependent · IND14,79933.0%
  3. 3RASIKLAL ANANDJI LAKHANIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,3565.3%
  4. 4RAMBHAI LAKHANSHI VISANAIndependent · IND3830.9%
  5. 5DAYALAL DEVJI PANKHANIAIndependent · IND3310.7%
  6. 6BHAGUBHAI HIRALAL DEVANIIndependent · IND2550.6%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
+15.0%
INC share
38.0% → 59.6%
IND share
26.5% → 33.0%
Turnout
— → —
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