Constituency
72. Asarwa
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1985
GJ-ASARWA
INC 42.1%won by 2.8%BJP 39.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.3% to 2.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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
75,586
Margin
2,105
2.78%
Candidates
11 contested · winner INC- 1PATANI LAXMANBHAI KALIDASIndian National Congress · INC31,79842.1%
- 2MANGALDAS SHIVARAMDAS PATEL (SOJAWALA)Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP29,69339.3%
- 3SOMCHAND J. MAKWANAIndependent · IND11,42615.1%
- 4MAHENDRA VORAIndependent · IND8861.2%
- 5HADIYEL BHALJIBHAI MOHANBHAIIndependent · IND5130.7%
- 6KALIDAS NATHABHAI DHANEKIndependent · IND3300.4%
- 7B. H. YADAVIndependent · IND3020.4%
- 8BIHARILAL SHARMAIndependent · IND2790.4%
- 9RAJENDRA N. MEHTAIndependent · IND1670.2%
- 10KIRITBHAI CHANDUBHAI PATEL (DINESHBHAI)Independent · IND1270.2%
- 11CHAUHAN JORAVARESINH JAWANSINHIndependent · IND650.1%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −46.8%
- INC share
- 58.6% → 42.1%
- BJP share
- 9.0% → 39.3%
- Turnout
- — → —