Constituency
60. Dholka
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1980
GJ-DHOLKA
INC 44.9%won by 12.5%BJP 32.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.9% to 12.5%.
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 32.4% — it did not contest here in 1975.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.3% of the vote between them, up from 67.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
49,680
Margin
6,205
12.49%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1MAKWANA PARSOTTAMBHAI RAVJIBHAIIndian National Congress · INC22,31044.9%
- 2CHUDASAMA BHUPENDRASINH MANUBHABharatiya Janata Party · BJP16,10532.4%
- 3SHAH NAVALBHAI NEMCHANDBHAIJanata Party · JNP5,24310.6%
- 4MANSANBHAI ABDEREHMAN SHETHIndependent · IND4,5319.1%
- 5THAKKOR LALJIBHAI SHANKERBHAIIndependent · IND8131.6%
- 6ACHARYA JAGDISHCHANDRA BALKRISHNABHAIINCU · INCU6781.4%
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
- −30.3%
- INC share
- 42.8% → 44.9%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 32.4%
- Turnout
- — → —