Election
Constituency

90. Palanpur

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1972

GJ-PALANPUR

BJS 49.7%won by 11.5%INC 38.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 11.5%.

  • BJS vote shareBJS went from 0.0% to 49.7% of the vote here (+49.7%).
  • 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
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
46,520
Margin
5,339
11.48%

Candidates

5 contested · winner BJS
  1. 1LEKHRAJ H BACHANIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS23,11049.7%
  2. 2A R MOHMADNAJIR MOLAVIIndian National Congress · INC17,77138.2%
  3. 3G G MEHTANCO · NCO3,3117.1%
  4. 4B PURSOOTTAMDAS KODIYAIndependent · IND1,2042.6%
  5. 5N KHUSHALBHAI KARNAVATIndependent · IND1,1242.4%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJSflipped
BJS–INC swing
+56.5%
BJS share
0.0% → 49.7%
INC share
45.0% → 38.2%
Turnout
— → —
89. Dhanera91. Danta
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