Constituency
159. Jalalpore
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1972
GJ-JALALPORE
INC 58.3%won by 23.2%NCO 35.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.8% to 23.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 35.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 93.3% 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
43,879
Margin
10,179
23.20%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1CHHAGANBHAI D PATELIndian National Congress · INC25,56658.3%
- 2GONSAIBHAI C PATELNCO · NCO15,38735.1%
- 3MANILAL KESHAVBHAI PATELIndependent · IND2,6956.1%
- 4MOTIRAM JERAMBHAI MISTRYIndependent · IND2310.5%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–NCO swing
- −39.7%
- INC share
- 62.9% → 58.3%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 35.1%
- Turnout
- — → —