Constituency
143. Kaira
Community mirrorGujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-KAIRA
INC 53.5%won by 10.6%BLD 43.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: NCO (NCO) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 10.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 42.2% to 53.5% of the vote here (+11.3%).
- New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 43.0% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.4% to 69.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,73,138
Turnout
69.0%
Valid votes
3,95,697
Margin
41,844
10.57%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1DESAI DHARMSINGH DADUBHAIIndian National Congress · INC2,11,88453.5%
- 2VAGHELA SHANKARBHAI DESAIBHAIBLD · BLD1,70,04043.0%
- 3ZALA FULABHAI GOKALBHAIIndependent · IND4,4681.1%
- 4MAHERA LALLUBHAI SHANKERBHAIIndependent · IND4,2601.1%
- 5CHAUHAN BHUDARJI BABARBHAIIndependent · IND3,7891.0%
- 6PATEL JAGDISHCHANDRA PRABHUJIBHAIIndependent · IND1,2560.3%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- NCO
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BLD swing
- −31.7%
- INC share
- 42.2% → 53.5%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 43.0%
- Turnout
- 61.6% → 69.0%