Constituency
163. Songadh
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1980
GJ-SONGADH
INC 58.6%won by 25.1%JNP 33.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.2% to 25.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1975 and 1980 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 33.5% — it did not contest here in 1975.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 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
27,470
Margin
6,905
25.14%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INCSince 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
- −28.0%
- INC share
- 53.2% → 58.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 33.5%
- Turnout
- — → —