Constituency
26. Jamnagar Rural
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1980
GJ-JAMNAGAR-RURAL
INC 58.6%won by 39.5%BJP 19.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 25.1% to 39.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1975 and 1980 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 19.0% — it did not contest here in 1975.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
20,085
Margin
7,943
39.55%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1PARMAR BHANJI KAMAIndian National Congress · INC11,76458.6%
- 2MAKWANA PINAKIN DHANABHAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,82119.0%
- 3PARMAR HARSI BHARACommunist Party of India · CPI1,7838.9%
- 4CHAVDA LALIT PUNABHAIJanata Party · JNP8674.3%
- 5PARMAR DEVJIBHAI CHANABHAIINCU · INCU8554.3%
- 6PARMAR NATHABHAI BHIMJIBHAIIndependent · IND5292.6%
- 7MEGHJIBHAI RATHODIndependent · IND4662.3%
Since 1975
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1975 and 1980. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −10.0%
- INC share
- 49.6% → 58.6%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 19.0%
- Turnout
- — → —