Constituency
34. Keshod
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1972
GJ-KESHOD
INC 39.4%won by 15.7%IND 23.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 15.7%.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 23.7% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.2% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
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
29,412
Margin
4,617
15.70%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1THAKARSHI DHANJI LADANIIndian National Congress · INC11,59739.4%
- 2DHARMSINH DAHYABHAI PATELIndependent · IND6,98023.7%
- 3RANA KALA VARUNCO · NCO5,02817.1%
- 4RANCHHOD KALA THUMBARBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,76512.8%
- 5CHUDASAMA MAVJI KACHRAIndependent · IND9113.1%
- 6BHANKHAR GORDHAN KARSANIndependent · IND6122.1%
- 7PANCHAL LAKHA VIRAIndependent · IND3731.3%
- 8KARSANBHAI N SOLANKIIndependent · IND1460.5%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–IND swing
- −25.9%
- INC share
- 41.6% → 39.4%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 23.7%
- Turnout
- — → —