Constituency
171. Surat City West
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1980
GJ-SURAT-CITY-WEST
INC 48.7%won by 7.7%BJP 41.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: NCO (NCO) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 7.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1975 and 1980 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 36.4% to 48.7% of the vote here (+12.3%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 41.1% — it did not contest here in 1975.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.8% between them, down from 98.7% — 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
47,064
Margin
3,616
7.68%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1MAHAMEDBHAI SURTIIndian National Congress · INC22,93748.7%
- 2KERSI J. SHETHNABharatiya Janata Party · BJP19,32141.1%
- 3VYAS POPATLAL MULSHANKERJanata Party · JNP3,5297.5%
- 4SHARADCHANDRA GULABCHAND KANTAWALAIndependent · IND7491.6%
- 5SHASTRI USHABEN ISHAVRLALIndependent · IND3100.7%
- 6PATRAWALA ABDUL RAHEMAN KARIMBHAIIndependent · IND2180.5%
Since 1975
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1975 and 1980. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- NCO
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- −28.8%
- INC share
- 36.4% → 48.7%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 41.1%
- Turnout
- — → —