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118. Nadiad

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1972

GJ-NADIAD

INC 50.9%won by 12.7%NCO 38.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.8% to 12.7%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 38.2% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.1% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
—
not in source
Valid votes
57,825
Margin
7,317
12.65%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BABUBHAI BHIKHABHAI DESAIIndian National Congress · INC29,42450.9%
  2. 2BABUBHAI JASHBHAI PATELNCO · NCO22,10738.2%
  3. 3KANUBHAI HIRALAL SHAHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS5,6799.8%
  4. 4CHANDUBHAI SOMABHAI PATELIndependent · IND6151.1%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–NCO swing
−40.7%
INC share
53.4% → 50.9%
NCO share
0.0% → 38.2%
Turnout
— → —
117. Mahudha119. Anand
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