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Constituency

57. Bhavnagar North

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1985

GJ-BHAVNAGAR-NORTH

INC 50.9%won by 23.9%BJP 27.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.9% to 23.9%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.9% between them, down from 85.3% — the field split more ways.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
41,167
Margin
9,843
23.91%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
+17.0%
INC share
46.1% 50.9%
BJP share
39.2% 27.0%
Turnout