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Constituency

131. Sankheda

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1972

GJ-SANKHEDA

INC 61.7%won by 42.1%NCO 19.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 45.5% to 42.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 19.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.3% 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
43,564
Margin
18,352
42.13%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCNCO swing
−30.6%
INC share
72.8% 61.7%
NCO share
0.0% 19.6%
Turnout