Constituency
64. Sarkhej
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1980
GJ-SARKHEJ
INC 44.3%won by 15.2%BJP 29.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 15.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1975 and 1980 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 26.8% to 44.3% of the vote here (+17.5%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 29.0% — it did not contest here in 1975.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.3% between them, down from 90.1% — 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
61,649
Margin
9,397
15.24%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1HARISHANKER PANDYAIndian National Congress · INC27,29544.3%
- 2CHAUHAN BHAVANSINH KHODAJIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP17,89829.0%
- 3SHAH HIRALAL SHIVLALJanata Party · JNP12,18619.8%
- 4KHODAJI DESHALJI THAKORJNPSC · JNPSC2,1173.4%
- 5SHEKH AIUNUDIN MADARBAXIndependent · IND8011.3%
- 6DESHAI INDIRABEN ANILBHAIIndependent · IND6961.1%
- 7JOSHI VASHUDEV GAURISHANKARIndependent · IND4610.7%
- 8SINGROTUYA MULJIBHAI MOHANBHAIIndependent · IND1950.3%
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
- −11.5%
- INC share
- 26.8% → 44.3%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 29.0%
- Turnout
- — → —