Constituency
132. Bhavnagar
Community mirrorGujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-BHAVNAGAR
BLD 50.7%won by 4.4%INC 46.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: NCO (NCO) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 4.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BLD vote shareBLD went from 0.0% to 50.7% of the vote here (+50.7%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.1% of the vote between them, up from 88.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.9% to 49.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,09,755
Turnout
49.8%
Valid votes
2,53,794
Margin
11,137
4.39%
Candidates
4 contested · winner BLD- 1PRASANNAVADAN MANILAL METHTABLD · BLD1,28,79250.7%
- 2CHABILDAS PRAGJIBHAI METHAIndian National Congress · INC1,17,65546.4%
- 3MEHTA NAGARDAS VALLABNDAS ( NAGARDAS MEHTA )Independent · IND4,7761.9%
- 4HUSEN HAMDARDIndependent · IND2,5711.0%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- NCO
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–INC swing
- +44.1%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 50.7%
- INC share
- 39.7% → 46.4%
- Turnout
- 41.8% → 49.8%