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178. Bulsar

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1985

GJ-BULSAR

INC 48.1%won by 14.8%IND 33.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.3% to 14.8%.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 33.3% — it polled just 1.1% in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.5% of the vote between them, up from 73.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
61,443
Margin
9,112
14.83%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BARJORJI COWASJI PARDIWALAIndian National Congress · INC29,58148.1%
  2. 2DOLATBHAI NATHUBHAI DESAIIndependent · IND20,46933.3%
  3. 3KESHAVBHAI RATANJI PATELJanata Party · JNP5,7399.3%
  4. 4GOVINDBHAI MAKANJI PATELBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,4667.3%
  5. 5PATEL ISMAILBHAI IBRAHIMBHAIIndependent · IND6981.1%
  6. 6DESAI JASHUBHAI MANIBHAIDDP · DDP2450.4%
  7. 7TANDEL VASANTKUMAR GOPALJIIndependent · IND2450.4%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−27.1%
INC share
43.1% → 48.1%
IND share
1.1% → 33.3%
Turnout
— → —
177. Dangs-Bansda179. Dharampur
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