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Constituency

17. Rajkot-I

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1985

GJ-RAJKOT-I

INC 60.1%won by 21.9%BJP 38.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.8% to 21.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
47,229
Margin
10,321
21.85%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−13.9%
INC share
67.6% 60.1%
BJP share
31.8% 38.3%
Turnout