Constituency
134. Ahmedabad
Community mirrorGujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-AHMEDABAD
INC 50.6%won by 2.7%BLD 47.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.8% to 2.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 47.9% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.0% to 64.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,73,286
Turnout
64.7%
Valid votes
3,71,018
Margin
10,013
2.70%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1AHESAN JAFRIIndian National Congress · INC1,87,71550.6%
- 2BRAHMKUMAR BHATTBLD · BLD1,77,70247.9%
- 3DAVE MAHENDRAKUMAR MAGANLALIndependent · IND1,9710.5%
- 4CHANDULAL KESHAVLAL KHAMARIndependent · IND1,7520.5%
- 5JAGATSING CHANDANSINGIndependent · IND1,2080.3%
- 6RAVAL PRAVINCHANDRA NAVNITBHAIIndependent · IND6700.2%
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
- −55.0%
- INC share
- 57.7% → 50.6%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 47.9%
- Turnout
- 67.7% → 64.7%