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Constituency

128. Dohad

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Gujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-DOHAD

INC 52.3%won by 8.6%JD 43.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJD swing
−58.9%
INC share
67.5% 52.3%
JD share
0.0% 43.7%
Turnout
37.7% 38.3%