Constituency
59. Dhandhuka
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1985
GJ-DHANDHUKA
INC 58.7%won by 35.1%JNP 23.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 35.5% to 35.1%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Janata Party (JNP).
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
42,946
Margin
15,053
35.05%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1SHAH NATWARLAL CHANDULALIndian National Congress · INC25,19958.7%
- 2PATEL JIVRAJBHAI BHIKHABHAIJanata Party · JNP10,14623.6%
- 3KANZARIA LADHUBHAI BHAGWANBHAIIndependent · IND3,5308.2%
- 4PATHAK DEVENDRA CHUNILALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,9904.6%
- 5RAWAL UPENDRA KUMAR PUSKARRAYIndependent · IND9722.3%
- 6MAKWANA ARJANBHAI KESARBHAIIndependent · IND4411.0%
- 7DHUMLA PRAVINBHAI MOHANBHAIIndependent · IND4091.0%
- 8TRIPATHI ROHITKUMAR BHALCHANDRADDP · DDP2590.6%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −12.4%
- INC share
- 61.0% → 58.7%
- JNP share
- 13.6% → 23.6%
- Turnout
- — → —