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Constituency

165. Mahuva

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1985

GJ-MAHUVA

INC 61.5%won by 32.1%JNP 29.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.3% to 32.1%.

  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 29.4% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.9% between them, down from 98.6% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
42,675
Margin
13,699
32.10%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1DHODIYA DHANJIBHAI KARSHANBHAIIndian National Congress · INC26,23961.5%
  2. 2PATEL MANSINH KALYANJIJanata Party · JNP12,54029.4%
  3. 3HALPATI BABUBHAI BHULABHAIIndependent · IND1,4083.3%
  4. 4PATEL RAMABHAI BABARBHAICommunist Party of India · CPI1,0592.5%
  5. 5CHAUDHARI SUBHASBHAI RAYSINGBHAIIndependent · IND7421.7%
  6. 6NATUBHAI NATHUBHAI GAMITIndependent · IND5391.3%
  7. 7DHODIYA THAKORBHAI KHALAPBHAIDDP · DDP1480.3%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNP swing
−27.4%
INC share
59.5% → 61.5%
JNP share
0.0% → 29.4%
Turnout
— → —
164. Vyara166. Bardoli
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