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123. Rajkot

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Gujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-RAJKOT

INC 62.3%won by 29.5%SWA 32.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 29.5%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 44.3% to 62.3% of the vote here (+18.0%).
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 17.1% to 42.8%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
5,34,724
Turnout
42.8%
Valid votes
2,28,653
Margin
67,479
29.51%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GHANSHYAMBHAI OZAIndian National Congress · INC1,42,48162.3%
  2. 2MINOO MASANISwatantra Party · SWA75,00232.8%
  3. 3YASHVANT JANANIIndependent · IND4,9102.1%
  4. 4VALJI NATHWANIIndependent · IND2,8671.3%
  5. 5KANJI BHIKHA DAFDAIndependent · IND1,1740.5%
  6. 6HARGOVIND NAGJI TRIVEDIIndependent · IND8970.4%
  7. 7AMRITLAL GOKALDAS SEJPALIndependent · IND6830.3%
  8. 8HARISHBHAI RATILAL PANCHOLIIndependent · IND6390.3%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
SWA
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–SWA swing
+31.9%
INC share
44.3% → 62.3%
SWA share
46.6% → 32.8%
Turnout
59.9% → 42.8%
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