Constituency
32. Somnath
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1972
GJ-SOMNATH
INC 70.4%won by 51.0%BJS 19.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 51.0%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 42.6% to 70.4% of the vote here (+27.8%).
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 19.5% — 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
39,506
Margin
20,131
50.96%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1KESAR BHAGVAN DODIYAIndian National Congress · INC27,81770.4%
- 2DAYASHANKER MAVJI OZABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7,68619.5%
- 3PURUSHOTTAM HIRJI SOLANKIIndependent · IND1,7854.5%
- 4TULSHIBHAI JETHABHAIIndependent · IND1,1863.0%
- 5GORDHANDAS M MAVDIAIndependent · IND6931.8%
- 6KANAIYALAL G JOSHIIndependent · IND3390.9%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- +8.3%
- INC share
- 42.6% → 70.4%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 19.5%
- Turnout
- — → —