Constituency
136. Mehsana
Community mirrorGujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-MEHSANA
BLD 63.0%won by 31.9%INC 31.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: NCO (NCO) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 31.9%.
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 63.0% of the vote here (+63.0%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.0% of the vote between them, up from 81.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 4.3% to 64.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,96,154
Turnout
64.2%
Valid votes
3,82,424
Margin
1,22,112
31.93%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BLD- 1PATEL MANIBEN VALLABHBHAIBLD · BLD2,40,77663.0%
- 2PATEL NATVARLAL AMRATLAL GAGABHAIIndian National Congress · INC1,18,66431.0%
- 3MAHERIYA KARSHANBHAI GAGABHAIIndependent · IND11,7313.1%
- 4THAKARDA CHEHRAJI LAKHAMANJIIndependent · IND5,7721.5%
- 5PARMAR VALJIBHAI MAGHABHAIIndependent · IND2,7770.7%
- 6KURESHI FATTEKHAN MAHAMMEDKHANIndependent · IND2,7040.7%
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
- +57.7%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 63.0%
- INC share
- 25.8% → 31.0%
- Turnout
- 59.9% → 64.2%