Constituency
147. Baroda City
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1980
GJ-BARODA-CITY
INC 50.5%won by 6.7%BJP 43.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1975 and 1980 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 27.6% to 50.5% of the vote here (+22.9%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 43.8% — it did not contest here in 1975.
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
54,178
Margin
3,649
6.74%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1RANJITSINH P. GAEKWADIndian National Congress · INC27,38550.5%
- 2MAKARAND BALWANTRAI DESAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP23,73643.8%
- 3BALCHANDRA TRIVEDICommunist Party of India · CPI1,7803.3%
- 4MUKUNDBHAI RATILAL PATELINCU · INCU9421.7%
- 5PATEL KANTIBHAI MANGALBHAIIndependent · IND1620.3%
- 6SHANKERBHAI VORIBHAIIndependent · IND1310.2%
- 7GANDOTRA VEENA S.Independent · IND420.1%
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
- −20.9%
- INC share
- 27.6% → 50.5%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 43.8%
- Turnout
- — → —