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60. Dholka

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1985

GJ-DHOLKA

INC 62.9%won by 28.5%BJP 34.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.5% to 28.5%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.4% of the vote between them, up from 77.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
55,924
Margin
15,921
28.47%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PARSOTAMBHAI RAVJIBHAI MAKWANAIndian National Congress · INC35,18362.9%
  2. 2CHUDASAMA BHUPENDRASINH MANUBHABharatiya Janata Party · BJP19,26234.4%
  3. 3CHATURBHAI MOHANBHAI PATELIndependent · IND8711.6%
  4. 4GHANCHI IBRAHIMBHAI KARIMBHAIDDP · DDP3180.6%
  5. 5SOLANKI SHIVABHAI MAFATBHAIIndependent · IND2900.5%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
+16.0%
INC share
44.9% → 62.9%
BJP share
32.4% → 34.4%
Turnout
— → —
59. Dhandhuka61. Bavla
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