Constituency
170. Surat City East
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1980
GJ-SURAT-CITY-EAST
INC 48.0%won by 1.4%BJP 46.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 1.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1975 and 1980 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 39.1% to 48.0% of the vote here (+9.0%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 46.6% — it did not contest here in 1975.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 94.7% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
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
39,713
Margin
574
1.45%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1CHOHAN JASHAWANTSINH DANSINHIndian National Congress · INC19,08248.0%
- 2KASHIRAM CHHABILDAS RANABharatiya Janata Party · BJP18,50846.6%
- 3VAIWALA FARSARAM ZAVERBHAIJanata Party · JNP1,4033.5%
- 4JHAVERI DHANSUKHLAL CHAMPAKLALIndependent · IND3000.8%
- 5RANA GAMANLAL SHANTILALIndependent · IND1690.4%
- 6JARIWALA RAMANLAL BRIJLALINCU · INCU1620.4%
- 7LAHEJATWALA NAGINDAS NANABHAIIndependent · IND890.2%
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
- −37.6%
- INC share
- 39.1% → 48.0%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 46.6%
- Turnout
- — → —