Constituency
44. Lathi
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1985
GJ-LATHI
INC 65.8%won by 34.1%BJP 31.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 33.6% to 34.1%.
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 31.7% — it polled just 0.8% in 1980.
- 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
47,041
Margin
16,043
34.10%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1KHODIDAS THAKKARIndian National Congress · INC30,95365.8%
- 2PATEL PARSOTAMBHAI LALJIBHAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP14,91031.7%
- 3BHARTIBEN HASMUKHCHAND MANIYARIndependent · IND5091.1%
- 4SURESH (MODI) MEHTAIndependent · IND4170.9%
- 5HADIYA RANA HAMAIndependent · IND1790.4%
- 6ARJANBHAI JAGANIIndependent · IND730.2%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −29.8%
- INC share
- 64.8% → 65.8%
- BJP share
- 0.8% → 31.7%
- Turnout
- — → —