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175. Gandevi

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1985

GJ-GANDEVI

INC 71.8%won by 53.0%JNP 18.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.3% to 53.0%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.6% of the vote between them, up from 82.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • 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
55,879
Margin
29,622
53.01%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1DESAI DINKER BHIKHUBHAIIndian National Congress · INC40,12271.8%
  2. 2AMUL M. DESAIJanata Party · JNP10,50018.8%
  3. 3AMIN RAVJIBHAI ANIRUDHBHAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,6666.6%
  4. 4PATEL RANCHHODBHAI DAHYABHAIIndependent · IND9941.8%
  5. 5BHATI DILIPSING DAHYABHAIIndependent · IND4170.7%
  6. 6SHAH BABULAL GULABCHANDDDP · DDP1800.3%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNP swing
+37.8%
INC share
48.6% → 71.8%
JNP share
33.4% → 18.8%
Turnout
— → —
174. Navsari176. Chikhli
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