Constituency
133. Banaskantha
Community mirrorGujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-BANASKANTHA
INC 52.8%won by 10.6%NCO 42.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 10.6%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 45.9% to 52.8% of the vote here (+6.8%).
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 42.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 7.0% to 46.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,71,796
Turnout
46.8%
Valid votes
2,20,560
Margin
23,407
10.61%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1POPATLAL M. JOSHIIndian National Congress · INC1,16,35252.8%
- 2S. K. PATILNCO · NCO92,94542.1%
- 3MURADKHAN AJAMKHAN CHAVDAIndependent · IND6,4672.9%
- 4JIABHAI KARIMAD MAREDIAIndependent · IND4,7962.2%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–NCO swing
- −35.3%
- INC share
- 45.9% → 52.8%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 42.1%
- Turnout
- 53.8% → 46.8%