Constituency
155. Olpad
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1972
GJ-OLPAD
INC 49.8%won by 6.5%NCO 43.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 39.4% to 6.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 43.3% — 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
45,405
Margin
2,955
6.51%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1BALUBHAI DEVABHAI PATELIndian National Congress · INC22,61249.8%
- 2PARBHUBHAI D PATELNCO · NCO19,65743.3%
- 3HARISHCHANDRA J PATELBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,8636.3%
- 4ISHWARBHAI K PATELIndependent · IND2730.6%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–NCO swing
- −60.0%
- INC share
- 66.5% → 49.8%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 43.3%
- Turnout
- — → —