Constituency
133. Banaskantha
Community mirrorGujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-BANASKANTHA
SWA 47.9%won by 1.9%INC 45.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Swatantra Party (SWA), which now leads by 1.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- SWA vote shareSWA went from 30.1% to 47.9% of the vote here (+17.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.8% of the vote between them, up from 87.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.8% to 53.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,27,762
Turnout
53.8%
Valid votes
2,29,914
Margin
4,407
1.92%
Candidates
3 contested · winner SWA- 1M. AMERSEYSwatantra Party · SWA1,10,02847.9%
- 2G.G. MEHTAIndian National Congress · INC1,05,62145.9%
- 3J.K. DESAIIndependent · IND14,2656.2%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- SWAflipped
- SWA–INC swing
- +29.0%
- SWA share
- 30.1% → 47.9%
- INC share
- 57.2% → 45.9%
- Turnout
- 45.9% → 53.8%