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Constituency

19. Rajkot Rural

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1980

GJ-RAJKOT-RURAL

INC 76.8%won by 56.7%JNP 20.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 39.0% to 56.7%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1975 and 1980 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 20.2% — it did not contest here in 1975.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.0% of the vote between them, up from 82.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
24,447
Margin
13,851
56.66%

Since 1975

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1975 and 1980. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJNP swing
−4.0%
INC share
60.6% 76.8%
JNP share
0.0% 20.2%
Turnout