Constituency
25. Jamnagar
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1980
GJ-JAMNAGAR
INC 46.8%won by 21.8%BJP 24.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 21.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1975 and 1980 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 32.9% to 46.8% of the vote here (+13.9%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 24.9% — it did not contest here in 1975.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.7% between them, down from 87.5% — the field split more ways.
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
36,405
Margin
7,949
21.83%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1M. K. BLOCHIndian National Congress · INC17,02246.8%
- 2DR. BASANTBHAI SANGHAVIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP9,07324.9%
- 3LILADHAR PATELIndependent · IND7,06419.4%
- 4VINODBHAI B. SHETHJanata Party · JNP2,5807.1%
- 5SOMCHAND SHAHIndependent · IND5501.5%
- 6DHOLAKIYA KANTILAL TULSIDASIndependent · IND490.1%
- 7SHEKHAVA VIRJI MAVJIIndependent · IND390.1%
- 8VANDHA IQUBAL HASANIndependent · IND280.1%
Since 1975
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1975 and 1980. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BLD
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- −11.0%
- INC share
- 32.9% → 46.8%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 24.9%
- Turnout
- — → —