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127. Bhavnagar

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Gujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-BHAVNAGAR

NCO 48.7%won by 9.0%INC 39.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to NCO (NCO), which now leads by 9.0%.

  • NCO vote shareNCO went from 0.0% to 48.7% of the vote here (+48.7%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.4% of the vote between them, up from 47.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 7.7% to 41.8%.

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

Electorate
5,01,185
Turnout
41.8%
Valid votes
2,09,706
Margin
18,978
9.05%

Candidates

7 contested · winner NCO
  1. 1PRASANWVADAN MANILAL MEHTANCO · NCO1,02,17348.7%
  2. 2JASHVANT MEHTAIndian National Congress · INC83,19539.7%
  3. 3NURMOHMED HAJI ISMAL KAPASIYAWALAIndependent · IND9,5604.6%
  4. 4NATHABHAI NARANDAS BABHANIAIndependent · IND7,3773.5%
  5. 5NAGARDAS MEHTAIndependent · IND3,7191.8%
  6. 6KANU THAKKARSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP2,3571.1%
  7. 7LAXMIBEN MADHAVJI DHAMALRPK · RPK1,3250.6%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
NCOflipped
NCO–INC swing
+33.5%
NCO share
0.0% → 48.7%
INC share
24.4% → 39.7%
Turnout
49.5% → 41.8%
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