Constituency
127. Bhavnagar
Community mirrorGujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-BHAVNAGAR
INC 24.4%won by 1.4%SWA 23.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 1.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 43.9% to 24.4% of the vote here (−19.4%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Swatantra Party (SWA).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 47.5% between them, down from 92.7% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 4.7% to 49.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,65,812
Turnout
49.5%
Valid votes
3,76,505
Margin
5,093
1.35%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1J.N. MEHTAIndian National Congress · INC91,99324.4%
- 2S.K. GOHILSwatantra Party · SWA86,90023.1%
- 3P.M.MEHTAIndian National Congress · INC78,08420.7%
- 4U.N.MEHINDASwatantra Party · SWA59,44215.8%
- 5N.P.S. MEHTAIndependent · IND33,7039.0%
- 6N.P. RAVANIPraja Socialist Party · PSP17,9634.8%
- 7N.V.MEHTAIndependent · IND4,8451.3%
- 8C.R.PANDHIYARIndependent · IND2,4590.7%
- 9N.HARIHARANIndependent · IND1,1160.3%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SWA swing
- −35.2%
- INC share
- 43.9% → 24.4%
- SWA share
- 7.3% → 23.1%
- Turnout
- 44.8% → 49.5%