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33. Maliya

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1972

GJ-MALIYA

INC 72.3%won by 63.6%SWA 8.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.9% to 63.6%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.0% between them, down from 93.8% — the field split more ways.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
36,786
Margin
23,381
63.56%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MASARI KHIMA SWVARAIndian National Congress · INC26,59472.3%
  2. 2DHULESHIYA G JADAVSwatantra Party · SWA3,2138.7%
  3. 3NANDLAL LAKHMAN NANDHAIndependent · IND2,6417.2%
  4. 4KARAVADIYA AMBAVI MADHABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,2436.1%
  5. 5VALA RAMJI BHIKHAIndependent · IND1,4754.0%
  6. 6HAMIR ARSHI JADAVIndependent · IND4231.1%
  7. 7BABUBHAI KALABHAI UKANIIndependent · IND1970.5%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SWA swing
+48.6%
INC share
54.4% → 72.3%
SWA share
39.4% → 8.7%
Turnout
— → —
32. Somnath34. Keshod
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