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Constituency

120. Godhra

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1985

GJ-GODHRA

INC 65.3%won by 47.4%BJP 17.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 52.0% to 47.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.3% — 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).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.2% between them, down from 91.2% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
38,563
Margin
18,281
47.41%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−18.1%
INC share
71.6% 65.3%
BJP share
6.1% 17.9%
Turnout