Constituency
83. Mehsana
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1980
GJ-MEHSANA
INC 53.2%won by 9.2%BJP 44.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: NCO (NCO) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 9.2%.
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 53.2% of the vote here (+26.4%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 44.0% — it did not contest here in 1975.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.2% of the vote between them, up from 72.6% — 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
57,298
Margin
5,281
9.22%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1ZALA BHAVSINGHJI DANSINHJIIndian National Congress · INC30,48253.2%
- 2PATEL ATMARAM MAGANLALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP25,20144.0%
- 3RAJU M. GEORGEIndependent · IND4910.9%
- 4PATEL KESHAVLAL HARGOVANDASIndependent · IND4350.8%
- 5PATEL HIRALAL MOHANLALJanata Party · JNP4100.7%
- 6PATEL DAHYABHAI BECHARDASIndependent · IND1580.3%
- 7SAIYAD MOHAMAD ALI IMAN ALIIndependent · IND1210.2%
Since 1975
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1975 and 1980. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- NCO
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- −17.6%
- INC share
- 26.8% → 53.2%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 44.0%
- Turnout
- — → —