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Constituency

66. Dehgam

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1980

GJ-DEHGAM

INC 38.3%won by 8.1%JNP 30.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 8.1%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1975 and 1980 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 29.4% to 38.3% of the vote here (+8.9%).
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 30.2% — it did not contest here in 1975.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.5% between them, down from 98.6% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
53,259
Margin
4,322
8.12%

Since 1975

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1975 and 1980. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
BJS
Winner now
INCflipped
INCJNP swing
−21.3%
INC share
29.4% 38.3%
JNP share
0.0% 30.2%
Turnout