Constituency
161. Nijhar
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1985
GJ-NIJHAR
INC 50.1%won by 26.1%IND 24.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 59.7% to 26.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 19.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.0% between them, down from 79.3% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
39,333
Margin
10,271
26.11%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1VASAVA BHIMSING FOJSINGIndian National Congress · INC19,69450.1%
- 2VALVI JAHARSING BHIKHABHAIIndependent · IND9,42324.0%
- 3NAIK AJABSINGH NARSINH BHAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,7329.5%
- 4CHAUDHARI SADANANDBHAI ABAHAMBHAIIndependent · IND3,3678.6%
- 5VAVLI DASUBHAI SHIVBHAIJanata Party · JNP1,4413.7%
- 6PAWAR FULJIBHAI RAGHUBHAICommunist Party of India · CPI1,3303.4%
- 7CHAUDHARI SATALIABHAI RAMJIBHAIDDP · DDP1940.5%
- 8GAMIT CHEMABHAI GOPALBHAIIndependent · IND1520.4%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −41.0%
- INC share
- 69.5% → 50.1%
- IND share
- 2.4% → 24.0%
- Turnout
- — → —