Constituency
138. Banaskantha
Community mirrorGujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-BANASKANTHA
BLD 61.9%won by 23.8%INC 38.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 23.8%.
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 61.9% of the vote here (+61.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 94.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.2% to 53.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,05,258
Turnout
53.9%
Valid votes
2,72,513
Margin
64,783
23.77%
Candidates
2 contested · winner BLD- 1CHAUDHARY MOTIBHAI RANCHHODBHAIBLD · BLD1,68,64861.9%
- 2POPATLAL MULSHANKAR JOSHIIndian National Congress · INC1,03,86538.1%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–INC swing
- +76.5%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 61.9%
- INC share
- 52.8% → 38.1%
- Turnout
- 46.8% → 53.9%