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171. Surat City West

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1985

GJ-SURAT-CITY-WEST

INC 63.4%won by 40.9%BJP 22.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.7% to 40.9%.

  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
52,101
Margin
21,319
40.92%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BABUBHAI SOPARIWALAIndian National Congress · INC33,02963.4%
  2. 2ARVIND GODIWALABharatiya Janata Party · BJP11,71022.5%
  3. 3NAIK THAKORBHAI VALLABHBHAIJanata Party · JNP6,15111.8%
  4. 4NAMDEV SHENMARECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM8171.6%
  5. 5KANTILAL DHURABHAI PATELIndependent · IND2130.4%
  6. 6TANNA GAUTAM JAGJIVANBHAIDDP · DDP920.2%
  7. 7HADDAD SAYED ABDULLA SAYED ZAINIndependent · IND890.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
+33.2%
INC share
48.7% → 63.4%
BJP share
41.1% → 22.5%
Turnout
— → —
170. Surat City East172. Chorasi
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