Constituency
17. Rajkot-I
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1980
GJ-RAJKOT-I
INC 67.6%won by 35.8%BJP 31.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 35.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1975 and 1980 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 43.3% to 67.6% of the vote here (+24.3%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 31.8% — it did not contest here in 1975.
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
46,430
Margin
16,599
35.75%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INCSince 1975
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1975 and 1980. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- −7.5%
- INC share
- 43.3% → 67.6%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 31.8%
- Turnout
- — → —