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Constituency

66. Rakhial

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1972

GJ-RAKHIAL

INC 64.6%won by 36.6%IND 27.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.9% to 36.6%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.5% of the vote between them, up from 83.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
65,131
Margin
23,855
36.63%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
+20.7%
INC share
49.7% 64.6%
IND share
33.8% 27.9%
Turnout