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51. Ghogho

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1972

GJ-GHOGHO

INC 49.0%won by 30.3%NCO 18.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.2% to 30.3%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 18.8% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • 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
35,998
Margin
10,895
30.27%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PRATAPRAY TARACHAND SHAHIndian National Congress · INC17,64749.0%
  2. 2DHIRAJLAL BAKORDAS MEHTANCO · NCO6,75218.8%
  3. 3UPENDRABHAI B DAVEBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS5,34314.8%
  4. 4NIRUBHEN PATELCommunist Party of India · CPI3,65110.1%
  5. 5K HUSENBHAI RAHEMTULLAIndependent · IND1,5004.2%
  6. 6MULJIBHAI NANALAL PATELIndependent · IND4511.3%
  7. 7NAGARDAS MEHTAIndependent · IND4071.1%
  8. 8ARJANBHAI B RATHODIndependent · IND2470.7%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–NCO swing
−12.7%
INC share
42.9% → 49.0%
NCO share
0.0% → 18.8%
Turnout
— → —
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