Constituency
127. Cambay
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1972
GJ-CAMBAY
INC 48.9%won by 2.3%NCO 46.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.0% to 2.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 46.5% — it did not contest here in 1967.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
50,731
Margin
1,179
2.32%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1MADHAVLAL BHAILAL SHAHIndian National Congress · INC24,79148.9%
- 2VALLABHBHAI A. PATELNCO · NCO23,61246.5%
- 3J. BHAGVANDAS KHATRIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,6163.2%
- 4UDESHINH MAVSINH SOLANKIIndependent · IND7121.4%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–NCO swing
- −56.0%
- INC share
- 58.3% → 48.9%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 46.5%
- Turnout
- — → —