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32. Porbandar

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1985

GJ-PORBANDAR

INC 81.9%won by 73.4%BJP 8.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.7% to 73.4%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 8.5% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.4% of the vote between them, up from 77.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
30,913
Margin
22,701
73.44%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1AGATH LAXMANBHAI BHIMBHAIIndian National Congress · INC25,32981.9%
  2. 2JOSHI KANTILAL MOHANLALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,6288.5%
  3. 3DEVANI BHAGUBHAI HIRALALJanata Party · JNP1,7315.6%
  4. 4SISODIA JETENDRA ARJANIndependent · IND5401.7%
  5. 5SHINGRAKHIA MOHAN HARDASIndependent · IND2870.9%
  6. 6BUKHARI AJITMIYA ISMAILMIYAIndependent · IND1380.4%
  7. 7BHATT PRADEEPKUMAR HIRALALIndependent · IND1180.4%
  8. 8PATHAN KARIMKHA JAFARKHAIndependent · IND770.2%
  9. 9SEYANTAR MANUBHAI MULJIBHAIDDP · DDP650.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
+25.4%
INC share
48.0% → 81.9%
BJP share
0.0% → 8.5%
Turnout
— → —
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