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8. Wadhwan

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1985

GJ-WADHWAN

INC 63.5%won by 31.9%JNP 31.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 22.2% to 31.9%.

  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
56,826
Margin
18,143
31.93%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1DAVE NANDKISHOREBHAI TRAMBAKLALIndian National Congress · INC36,09763.5%
  2. 2SHETH JASHWANTLAL MANILALJanata Party · JNP17,95431.6%
  3. 3KOLI VASHRAM KHIMABHAIIndependent · IND1,1412.0%
  4. 4MAKWANA MOHANBAI JIVABHAIIndependent · IND5871.0%
  5. 5HASMUKHBHAI MAGANLAL LALANIDDP · DDP2440.4%
  6. 6SINDHAV PALJIBHAI UKABHAIIndependent · IND2410.4%
  7. 7MADHAVI MEGHJIBHAI MANABHAIIndependent · IND2180.4%
  8. 8VAGHELA SATUBHA KANUBHAIndependent · IND1800.3%
  9. 9SALARIYA RAMNIKLAL JIVRAJIndependent · IND1640.3%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNP swing
+9.7%
INC share
57.1% → 63.5%
JNP share
34.9% → 31.6%
Turnout
— → —
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