Constituency
126. Matar
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1972
GJ-MATAR
INC 67.1%won by 37.0%NCO 30.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 37.2% to 37.0%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 30.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
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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Valid votes
48,758
Margin
18,035
36.99%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1GANGABEN A. VAGHELAIndian National Congress · INC32,71867.1%
- 2PRANSHANKAR P. JOSHINCO · NCO14,68330.1%
- 3PASHABHAI N. ROHITBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,3572.8%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–NCO swing
- −30.5%
- INC share
- 67.5% → 67.1%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 30.1%
- Turnout
- — → —