Constituency
137. Patan
Community mirrorGujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-PATAN
BLD 61.4%won by 24.7%INC 36.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: NCO (NCO) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 24.7%.
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 61.4% of the vote here (+61.4%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.1% of the vote between them, up from 89.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.6% to 52.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,73,367
Turnout
52.0%
Valid votes
2,98,186
Margin
73,566
24.67%
Candidates
3 contested · winner BLD- 1CHAVDA KHEMCHANDBHAI SOMABHAIBLD · BLD1,82,97361.4%
- 2VANAKAR PUNAMCHANDBHAI MITHABHAIIndian National Congress · INC1,09,40736.7%
- 3MAKWANA JETHABHAI GOVINDBHAIIndependent · IND5,8061.9%
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
- +58.8%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 61.4%
- INC share
- 34.2% → 36.7%
- Turnout
- 48.4% → 52.0%