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58. Bhavnagar South

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1985

GJ-BHAVNAGAR-SOUTH

INC 46.2%won by 11.1%JNP 35.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.2% to 11.1%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Janata Party (JNP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.4% of the vote between them, up from 68.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
42,873
Margin
4,767
11.12%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1JAMOD SHASHIBHAI MAVJIBHAIIndian National Congress · INC19,82546.2%
  2. 2PATEL RAVJIBHAI HIRABHAIJanata Party · JNP15,05835.1%
  3. 3MAKWANA MEGHJI MAVJIIndependent · IND4,40010.3%
  4. 4BARAIYA GAMBHUBHAI SHAZJIBHAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,3385.5%
  5. 5KARSHANBHAI BARAIYACommunist Party of India · CPI7971.9%
  6. 6KU. KADIYA NATHABHAI JIVABHAIIndependent · IND2080.5%
  7. 7BHAGVATSINH RANAIndependent · IND1460.3%
  8. 8PATEL KANTILAL BACHUBHAIDDP · DDP1010.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNP swing
−12.9%
INC share
43.1% → 46.2%
JNP share
19.1% → 35.1%
Turnout
— → —
57. Bhavnagar North59. Dhandhuka
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