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119. Bhavnagar

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Gujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-BHAVNAGAR

INC 41.1%won by 0.2%JD 40.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 3.1% to 0.2%.

  • New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 40.9% — it did not contest here in 1984.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.0% of the vote between them, up from 72.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 11.9% to 38.7%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
9,00,926
Turnout
38.7%
Valid votes
3,48,896
Margin
552
0.16%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJD swing
−37.5%
INC share
37.6% 41.1%
JD share
0.0% 40.9%
Turnout
50.6% 38.7%