Constituency
137. Sayajiganj
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1972
GJ-SAYAJIGANJ
INC 56.5%won by 25.9%BJS 30.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.1% to 25.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 30.6% — 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
50,044
Margin
12,963
25.90%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1SANAT MEHTAIndian National Congress · INC28,29256.5%
- 2MAKARAND DESAIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS15,32930.6%
- 3RAMANBHAI HARIBHAI PATELNCO · NCO4,5889.2%
- 4BIPIN BHATTSwatantra Party · SWA7211.4%
- 5BHAI CHANDRA TRIVEDICommunist Party of India · CPI7171.4%
- 6VAKIL MARIAM DABHIIndependent · IND3970.8%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- −34.1%
- INC share
- 60.0% → 56.5%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 30.6%
- Turnout
- — → —