Constituency
129. Ahmedabad
Community mirrorGujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-AHMEDABAD
INC 57.7%won by 16.8%NCO 40.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 16.8%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 31.6% to 57.7% of the vote here (+26.0%).
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 40.9% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.5% of the vote between them, up from 91.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 4.4% to 67.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,96,387
Turnout
67.7%
Valid votes
3,36,157
Margin
56,460
16.80%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1INDULAL KANAIYALAL YAGNIKIndian National Congress · INC1,93,83457.7%
- 2JAYKRISHNA HARIVALLABHDASNCO · NCO1,37,37440.9%
- 3V. T. PARMARRPK · RPK2,3720.7%
- 4P. H. PARMARIndependent · IND8020.2%
- 5V. B. RAJUIndependent · IND7080.2%
- 6BIPIN KRISHNA PANDYAIndependent · IND7030.2%
- 7JAYSUKHLAL T. PARMARIndependent · IND3640.1%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–NCO swing
- −14.8%
- INC share
- 31.6% → 57.7%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 40.9%
- Turnout
- 63.3% → 67.7%