Constituency
142. Godhra
Community mirrorGujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-GODHRA
INC 48.6%won by 0.5%BLD 48.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 48.2% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 12.0% to 55.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,17,416
Turnout
55.1%
Valid votes
2,85,018
Margin
1,380
0.48%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1DESAI HITENDRABHAI KANAIYALALIndian National Congress · INC1,38,63448.6%
- 2MODY PILLO HOMIBLD · BLD1,37,25448.2%
- 3MEHRA LALLUBHAI SHANKERBHAIIndependent · IND5,7692.0%
- 4DESAI MUKUNDRAI BHIKHUBHAIIndependent · IND3,3611.2%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BLD swing
- −46.0%
- INC share
- 46.4% → 48.6%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 48.2%
- Turnout
- 43.1% → 55.1%