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73. Rakhial

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1985

GJ-RAKHIAL

INC 59.9%won by 39.7%JNP 20.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 48.1% to 39.7%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Janata Party (JNP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.1% of the vote between them, up from 73.1% — a tighter two-way 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
56,756
Margin
22,521
39.68%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1HASMUKH PATELIndian National Congress · INC33,99059.9%
  2. 2KANTILAL BAROTJanata Party · JNP11,46920.2%
  3. 3R. R. SHUKLABharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,88012.1%
  4. 4ASHOK PUNJABICommunist Party of India · CPI3,7006.5%
  5. 5RATHOD GOVINDBHAI DAHYABHAIIndependent · IND2910.5%
  6. 6SIPAI YUNUSBHAI HUSENBHAI (CHAUHAN)Independent · IND2750.5%
  7. 7MISHRA HAUSILAPRASAD SHRIRAMDDP · DDP760.1%
  8. 8JADAV PRABHUDAS MULJIBHAIIndependent · IND750.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNP swing
−9.3%
INC share
60.6% → 59.9%
JNP share
11.6% → 20.2%
Turnout
— → —
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