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143. Broach

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1972

GJ-BROACH

INC 58.5%won by 32.4%NCO 26.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.5% to 32.4%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 26.2% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.7% of the vote between them, up from 73.7% — a tighter two-way 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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not in source
Valid votes
50,812
Margin
16,453
32.38%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PIYUSHBHAI D THAKOREIndian National Congress · INC29,74458.5%
  2. 2CHANDRASHANKER M BHATTNCO · NCO13,29126.2%
  3. 3JARIVALA AMAR BABUBHAIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS5,81411.4%
  4. 4AHMEDBHAI S G MEGHANISwatantra Party · SWA1,0392.0%
  5. 5AIBRAHIMBHAI GENDIIndependent · IND9241.8%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–NCO swing
−13.7%
INC share
46.1% → 58.5%
NCO share
0.0% → 26.2%
Turnout
— → —
142. Vagra144. Ankleshwar
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