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Constituency

119. Anand

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1972

GJ-ANAND

INC 55.4%won by 28.8%NCO 26.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.5% to 28.8%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 26.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.9% between them, down from 97.4% — 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
57,651
Margin
16,608
28.81%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1A. BHUPATSINHJI VAGHELAIndian National Congress · INC31,91655.4%
  2. 2SHANKAR BHAI D. VAGHELANCO · NCO15,30826.6%
  3. 3J. B. BANDOOKWALA PATELBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS8,61814.9%
  4. 4MAHENDRA KUMAR B. PATELIndependent · IND1,3062.3%
  5. 5GHANSHYAMPRASAD K. SELATSwatantra Party · SWA5030.9%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–NCO swing
−24.1%
INC share
52.9% → 55.4%
NCO share
0.0% → 26.6%
Turnout
— → —
118. Nadiad120. Umreth
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