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50. Bhavnagar

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1972

GJ-BHAVNAGAR

INC 48.5%won by 17.1%BJS 31.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.2% to 17.1%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.8% of the vote between them, up from 66.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
42,457
Margin
7,259
17.10%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MANUBHAI GANGARAM VYASIndian National Congress · INC20,57348.5%
  2. 2NAGINDAS MANILAL SHAHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS13,31431.4%
  3. 3MANILAL GORDHANDAS GANDHINCO · NCO4,44510.5%
  4. 4SUBHODH MEHTACommunist Party of India · CPI3,2947.8%
  5. 5HUSENBHAI HAMDARDIndependent · IND5881.4%
  6. 6MAHAVIRSINH D GOHILIndependent · IND2430.6%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
−8.1%
INC share
37.8% → 48.5%
BJS share
12.6% → 31.4%
Turnout
— → —
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