Constituency
128. Dohad
Community mirrorGujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-DOHAD
INC 52.3%won by 8.6%JD 43.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 45.6% to 8.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 43.7% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.1% of the vote between them, up from 89.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
8,41,474
Turnout
38.3%
Valid votes
3,22,487
Margin
27,759
8.61%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1SOMAIBAHI DAMORIndian National Congress · INC1,68,77452.3%
- 2BHABHOR SUMAN BHAI RANGIBHAIJanata Dal · JD1,41,01543.7%
- 3RAVAT SOMABHAI RAMSINGHBHAIIndependent · IND7,3082.3%
- 4PARMAR PARTHIBHAI CHUNNABHAIDDP · DDP4,1381.3%
- 5KATARA SINGJIBHAI JALJIBHAIIndependent · IND1,2520.4%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JD swing
- −58.9%
- INC share
- 67.5% → 52.3%
- JD share
- 0.0% → 43.7%
- Turnout
- 37.7% → 38.3%