Constituency
147. Broach
Community mirrorGujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-BROACH
INC 56.8%won by 18.8%BLD 38.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 18.4% to 18.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 38.0% — it did not contest here in 1971.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,44,523
Turnout
61.4%
Valid votes
3,34,124
Margin
62,879
18.82%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1PATEL AHMEDBHAI MOHMADBHAIIndian National Congress · INC1,89,81556.8%
- 2UNIA SULEMAN ESSUFBLD · BLD1,26,93638.0%
- 3DEVAR ASPI RUSTAMJIIndependent · IND7,5232.3%
- 4THAKOR RASULKHAN NANDIRKHANIndependent · IND4,6301.4%
- 5KHARVA MANGALBHAI RAIJIBHAIIndependent · IND3,0080.9%
- 6PATEL MANGALBHAI SHANABHAIIndependent · IND2,2120.7%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BLD swing
- −36.4%
- INC share
- 55.2% → 56.8%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 38.0%
- Turnout
- 59.5% → 61.4%