Constituency
19. Rajkot Rural
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1985
GJ-RAJKOT-RURAL
INC 65.0%won by 34.1%BJP 30.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 56.7% to 34.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 30.9% — it did not contest here in 1980.
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
28,405
Margin
9,696
34.13%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1CHANDRAKANT BHANUBHAI WAGHELAIndian National Congress · INC18,46065.0%
- 2CHAVDA DEVSHI SOMABHAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP8,76430.9%
- 3CHAUHAN HIMATLAL CHAKUBHAIJanata Party · JNP4131.5%
- 4PARMAR DEVJI JIVAIndependent · IND1980.7%
- 5DANGAR MADHUBHAI VALABHAIIndependent · IND1810.6%
- 6CHUDASAMA CHANDULAL MANILALIndependent · IND1790.6%
- 7KESHUBHAI CHANABHAI CHAVDADDP · DDP1300.5%
- 8CHAVDA BHALA KARSANIndependent · IND480.2%
- 9SANDAPA JIVABHAI RANABHAIIndependent · IND320.1%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −42.7%
- INC share
- 76.8% → 65.0%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 30.9%
- Turnout
- — → —