Election
Constituency

59. Dhandhuka

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1985

GJ-DHANDHUKA

INC 58.7%won by 35.1%JNP 23.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
42,946
Margin
15,053
35.05%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJNP swing
−12.4%
INC share
61.0% 58.7%
JNP share
13.6% 23.6%
Turnout