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64. Sarkhej

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1985

GJ-SARKHEJ

INC 54.9%won by 32.7%JNP 22.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.2% to 32.7%.

  • 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,08,474
Margin
35,504
32.73%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1NALIN K. PATELIndian National Congress · INC59,58854.9%
  2. 2DASHARATBHAI GOVIND BHAI PATELJanata Party · JNP24,08422.2%
  3. 3PATEL PRAHALADBHAI SHAMBHUDASBharatiya Janata Party · BJP23,73621.9%
  4. 4SHREE HARISHANKAR PANDYAIndependent · IND4350.4%
  5. 5SHAIKH ABDULPRASID A. HAKIMIndependent · IND3330.3%
  6. 6TRIPATHI DEVENDRABHAI BHALCHANDRADDP · DDP2980.3%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNP swing
+8.2%
INC share
44.3% → 54.9%
JNP share
19.8% → 22.2%
Turnout
— → —
63. Viramgam65. Daskroi
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