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Constituency

29. Bhanvad

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1980

GJ-BHANVAD

INC 38.1%won by 15.8%IND 22.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.0% to 15.8%.

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

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from NCO (NCO) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.4% between them, down from 69.9% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
32,177
Margin
5,070
15.76%

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
INCIND swing
−21.2%
INC share
51.4% 38.1%
IND share
14.5% 22.3%
Turnout