Constituency
161. Nijhar
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1980
GJ-NIJHAR
INC 69.5%won by 59.7%JNP 9.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 34.8% to 59.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1975 and 1980 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 9.8% — it did not contest here in 1975.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
37,953
Margin
22,650
59.68%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1VASAVA GOVINDBHAI BARAKIABHAIIndian National Congress · INC26,37069.5%
- 2VALVI NURJIBHAI MANJIBHAIJanata Party · JNP3,7209.8%
- 3VASAVA MANJIBHAI DEVALIYABHAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,6949.7%
- 4BHIL RAMDASBHAI PAVANBHAICommunist Party of India · CPI2,8037.4%
- 5GAMIT MANUBHAI HOLIYABHAIIndependent · IND8962.4%
- 6GAMIT PRABHUBHAI SARADIABHAIIndependent · IND4701.2%
Since 1975
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1975 and 1980. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- +1.5%
- INC share
- 58.2% → 69.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 9.8%
- Turnout
- — → —