Constituency
100. Palanpur
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1980
GJ-PALANPUR
INC 59.8%won by 28.8%BJP 31.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 28.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1975 and 1980 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 19.4% to 59.8% of the vote here (+40.4%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 31.0% — it did not contest here in 1975.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.9% of the vote between them, up from 78.2% — 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
37,680
Margin
10,856
28.81%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1PATEL AMARATLAL KALIDASIndian National Congress · INC22,55159.8%
- 2BACHANI LEKHRAJBHAI HEMRAJBHAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP11,69531.0%
- 3KELLA HARISHBHAI BHAGYACHANDIndependent · IND1,2153.2%
- 4KODIYA BHAICHANDBHAI PARSOTAMIndependent · IND6541.7%
- 5BHATIYA LALJI PAITAMBERIndependent · IND6061.6%
- 6ROD BHAGVANBHAI GANGARAMIndependent · IND3751.0%
- 7RATHOD CHANDULAL VITHALDASIndependent · IND2860.8%
- 8SUYASARA IBRAHIMBHAI KARIMBHAIIndependent · IND1710.5%
- 9DERIYA KHUSALBHAI NATHABHAIIndependent · IND1270.3%
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
- +9.4%
- INC share
- 19.4% → 59.8%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 31.0%
- Turnout
- — → —