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Constituency

139. Padra

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1972

GJ-PADRA

INC 41.4%won by 11.4%NCO 30.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.2% to 11.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 30.0% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.4% between them, down from 90.7% — 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
51,616
Margin
5,896
11.42%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCNCO swing
−43.0%
INC share
54.5% 41.4%
NCO share
0.0% 30.0%
Turnout