Constituency
57. Bhavnagar North
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1980
GJ-BHAVNAGAR-NORTH
INC 46.1%won by 6.9%BJP 39.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1975 and 1980 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 32.3% to 46.1% of the vote here (+13.8%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 39.2% — it did not contest here in 1975.
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
36,025
Margin
2,473
6.86%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1SHAH RASIKLAL NATHALALIndian National Congress · INC16,60046.1%
- 2NAGINBHAI SHAHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP14,12739.2%
- 3KORAT DURALABH RANCHHODJanata Party · JNP3,4099.5%
- 4MEHTA SUBODHCHANDRA LALSHANKERIndependent · IND1,4734.1%
- 5CHUDASAMA NAGJIBHAI LALJIBHAIIndependent · IND2560.7%
- 6HUSEN NAMDARIndependent · IND1600.4%
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
- −25.4%
- INC share
- 32.3% → 46.1%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 39.2%
- Turnout
- — → —