Constituency
135. Gandhinagar
Community mirrorGujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-GANDHINAGAR
BLD 57.4%won by 15.5%INC 41.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: NCO (NCO) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 15.5%.
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 57.4% of the vote here (+57.4%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.3% of the vote between them, up from 94.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 10.1% to 62.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,19,720
Turnout
62.4%
Valid votes
3,86,629
Margin
60,117
15.55%
Candidates
3 contested · winner BLD- 1PURUSHOTTAM GANESH MAVALANKARBLD · BLD2,21,96757.4%
- 2GOVINDBHAI C. PATELIndian National Congress · INC1,61,85041.9%
- 3JAYDEV DESAIIndependent · IND2,8120.7%
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
- +62.0%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 57.4%
- INC share
- 46.4% → 41.9%
- Turnout
- 52.3% → 62.4%