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142. Surat

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Gujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-SURAT

NCO 53.4%won by 9.9%INC 43.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to NCO (NCO), which now leads by 9.9%.

  • NCO vote shareNCO went from 0.0% to 53.4% of the vote here (+53.4%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.0% of the vote between them, up from 82.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 8.9% to 67.9%.

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

Electorate
4,69,265
Turnout
67.9%
Valid votes
3,18,788
Margin
31,524
9.89%

Candidates

6 contested · winner NCO
  1. 1MORARJI RANCHHODJI DESAINCO · NCO1,70,32153.4%
  2. 2GORDHANDAS RANCHHODDAS CHOKHAWALAIndian National Congress · INC1,38,79743.5%
  3. 3MANSUKHLAL HIRALAL PATELIndependent · IND5,1921.6%
  4. 4PRABHU D. PATELIndependent · IND1,8670.6%
  5. 5KIKUBHAI AMBELAL DESAIIndependent · IND1,6570.5%
  6. 6SHANTILAL B. SHAHIndependent · IND9540.3%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
NCOflipped
NCO–INC swing
+75.7%
NCO share
0.0% → 53.4%
INC share
65.8% → 43.5%
Turnout
59.0% → 67.9%
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