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54. Dholka

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1972

GJ-DHOLKA

INC 50.1%won by 19.4%NCO 30.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.5% to 19.4%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 30.8% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.9% between them, down from 95.7% — the field split more ways.

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
49,342
Margin
9,553
19.36%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1P RAVJIBHAI MAKWANAIndian National Congress · INC24,74550.1%
  2. 2NAVALBHAI N SHAHNCO · NCO15,19230.8%
  3. 3HARISCHANDRA L PATELBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7,31514.8%
  4. 4THAKORLAL NANALAL PARIKHIndependent · IND9191.9%
  5. 5LALUBHAI SUJATBHAI MALEKIndependent · IND8011.6%
  6. 6TIDABHAI BHUDARBHAI VAGHRIIndependent · IND3700.7%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–NCO swing
−30.2%
INC share
49.6% → 50.1%
NCO share
0.0% → 30.8%
Turnout
— → —
53. Dhandhuka55. Bavla
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