Constituency
38. Somnath
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1980
GJ-SOMNATH
JNP 32.7%won by 1.5%INC 31.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 1.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1975 and 1980 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 32.7% of the vote here (+32.7%).
- 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
45,164
Margin
697
1.54%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1VADHER RUDABHAI DEVSHIJanata Party · JNP14,74732.7%
- 2INDIRABEN CHUNILAL VYASIndian National Congress · INC14,05031.1%
- 3KESAR BHAGVAN DODIAIndependent · IND11,99426.6%
- 4QUADRI HISAMUDIN CHHOTASAHEBIndependent · IND2,2004.9%
- 5GOHEL NARANDAS KARSHANDASIndependent · IND1,8594.1%
- 6MANDAVIA SUKHDEV GOKALDASIndependent · IND3140.7%
Since 1975
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1975 and 1980. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +37.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 32.7%
- INC share
- 36.2% → 31.1%
- Turnout
- — → —