Constituency
99. Dhanera
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1975
GJ-DHANERA
INC 41.3%won by 5.3%BJS 35.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.8% to 5.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 35.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
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
33,853
Margin
1,801
5.32%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1DAVE MANSUKHLAL JAYSHANKERIndian National Congress · INC13,97141.3%
- 2AKOLIA VISHABHAI MEHDASBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS12,17035.9%
- 3PARIKH SURAJMAL GODADBHAIKLP · KLP4,76914.1%
- 4JOJA LAKHAJI AMRAJIIndependent · IND1,0463.1%
- 5CHAWADA JAMSHERKHAN HUSAINKHANIndependent · IND9702.9%
- 6VARAJYA JAYANTILAL SAVAJIBHAIIndependent · IND6802.0%
- 7BEHLIM MOHEMADBHAI RAMJANBHAIIndependent · IND2470.7%
Since 1972
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- −50.0%
- INC share
- 55.3% → 41.3%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 35.9%
- Turnout
- — → —