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Constituency

125. Petlad

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1972

GJ-PETLAD

INC 45.1%won by 8.4%NCO 36.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.4% to 8.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 36.7% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.8% 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
48,466
Margin
4,071
8.40%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCNCO swing
−41.8%
INC share
50.2% 45.1%
NCO share
0.0% 36.7%
Turnout