Constituency
42. Junagadh
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1980
GJ-JUNAGADH
INC 50.0%won by 18.8%BJP 31.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 18.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1975 and 1980 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 27.4% to 50.0% of the vote here (+22.6%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 31.2% — it did not contest here in 1975.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.1% between them, down from 97.8% — 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
37,502
Margin
7,043
18.78%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1PATEL GORDHANBHAI GOKALBHAIIndian National Congress · INC18,73550.0%
- 2ACHARYA HEMABEN SURYAKANTBharatiya Janata Party · BJP11,69231.2%
- 3VYAS MAHESHKUMAR LABH SHANKERJanata Party · JNP3,5629.5%
- 4PATHAN ISMALKHAN CHANDKHANIndependent · IND1,3393.6%
- 5DAVE SHASHIKANT LABHSHANKERINCU · INCU1,0912.9%
- 6HIRPARA VRAJLAL JIVABHAIIndependent · IND5151.4%
- 7NAVINCHANDRA MOHANLAL TRIVEDIIndependent · IND4221.1%
- 8SOLANKI MULJIBHAI DAYABHAIIndependent · IND1460.4%
Since 1975
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1975 and 1980. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- −8.6%
- INC share
- 27.4% → 50.0%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 31.2%
- Turnout
- — → —