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Constituency

159. Jalalpore

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1972

GJ-JALALPORE

INC 58.3%won by 23.2%NCO 35.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
43,879
Margin
10,179
23.20%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCNCO swing
−39.7%
INC share
62.9% 58.3%
NCO share
0.0% 35.1%
Turnout