Constituency
131. Amreli
Community mirrorGujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-AMRELI
INC 54.5%won by 22.9%BLD 31.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.4% to 22.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 31.6% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.1% between them, down from 94.6% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.5% to 52.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,94,073
Turnout
52.2%
Valid votes
2,57,894
Margin
59,006
22.88%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1DWARKADAS MOHANLAL PATELIndian National Congress · INC1,40,58654.5%
- 2GONDHIYA NARSINHDAS GORDHANDASBLD · BLD81,58031.6%
- 3SURESH MEHTAIndependent · IND23,2439.0%
- 4CHAVDA BHURABHAI BHAGWANBHAIIndependent · IND5,8412.3%
- 5GANDHI GOKALDAS MADHAVJIIndependent · IND2,8891.1%
- 6TRIKAMBHAI MADHABHAI JIKADRAIndependent · IND1,8980.7%
- 7GOVINDSINH DEVISINH SOLANKIIndependent · IND1,8570.7%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BLD swing
- −33.1%
- INC share
- 56.0% → 54.5%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 31.6%
- Turnout
- 46.7% → 52.2%