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Constituency

137. Matar

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1985

GJ-MATAR

INC 59.0%won by 20.2%JNP 38.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 40.3% to 20.2%.

  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 38.8% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.9% of the vote between them, up from 81.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
58,965
Margin
11,916
20.21%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJNP swing
−40.4%
INC share
60.7% 59.0%
JNP share
0.0% 38.8%
Turnout