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Constituency

137. Matar

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1975

GJ-MATAR

INC 68.8%won by 42.1%BLD 26.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 37.0% to 42.1%.

  • New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 26.7% — it did not contest here in 1972.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
49,883
Margin
20,980
42.06%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PATEL GORDHANBHAI SHAMBHUBHAIIndian National Congress · INC34,29868.8%
  2. 2PATEL NAVINBHAI BABARBHAIBLD · BLD13,31826.7%
  3. 3RAJ ISHWARSINH VISHRAMSINHIndependent · IND1,1382.3%
  4. 4THAKOR BHIKHABHAI BHAIJIBHAIIndependent · IND1,1292.3%

Since 1972

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BLD swing
−25.0%
INC share
67.1% → 68.8%
BLD share
0.0% → 26.7%
Turnout
— → —
136. Sajitra138. Borsad
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