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124. Balasinor

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1985

GJ-BALASINOR

INC 51.8%won by 20.5%BJP 31.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.9% to 20.5%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 31.3% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.1% of the vote between them, up from 60.7% — 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
38,855
Margin
7,962
20.49%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BABI NURJAHAN BKHAT MOHAMADIBRAHIMKHANIndian National Congress · INC20,12551.8%
  2. 2CHAUHAN MANSINH KOYABHAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP12,16331.3%
  3. 3SOLANKI RUPSINH MANILALJanata Party · JNP4,93512.7%
  4. 4CHAUHAN SHANABHAI BHATHIBHAIIndependent · IND6901.8%
  5. 5ARJANBHAI LADUBHAI SOLANKIIndependent · IND3861.0%
  6. 6PARMAR HARTANSINH KODARSINHIndependent · IND3540.9%
  7. 7PATELIYA DESAIBHAI KOHYABHAIDDP · DDP2020.5%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−19.3%
INC share
39.8% → 51.8%
BJP share
0.0% → 31.3%
Turnout
— → —
123. Randhikpur125. Kapadvanj
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