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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1972

168 seats · 88 changed party since 1967

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Party standings

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1972 · 5 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 140 seatsNCO — 16 seatsIndependent — 8 seatsBharatiya Jana Sangh — 3 seatsCommunist Party of India — 1 seat85168of 168 seats
  • INC140
  • NCO16
  • IND8
  • BJS3
  • CPI1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress14083%35,27,03550.9%168
NCONCO1610%16,26,73623.5%138
INDIndependent85%8,97,58413.0%337
BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh32%6,43,0329.3%100
CPICommunist Party of India11%32,4390.5%11
SWASwatantra Party00%1,23,5891.8%47

+ 4 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1972 · winner by seat

182 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 85

1972 · selected
Majority 85
INC140NCO16IND8BJS3CPI1
1967 · previous
Majority 85

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1967 → 1972

1967 1972· by party
60%45%30%15%0%
46.0
50.9
0.0
23.5
10.2
13.0
1.9
9.3
38.2
1.8
3.3
0.0
INCNCOINDBJSSWAPSP

Seat change

1972 seats minus 1967 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
93 → 140
+47
NCO
0 → 16
+16
IND
5 → 8
+3
BJS
1 → 3
+2
CPI
0 → 1
+1
SWA
66 → 0
−66
PSP
3 → 0
−3

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1967 → 1972

share lostshare gained
NCO
0.0% → 23.5%
+23.5%
BJS
1.9% → 9.3%
+7.4%
INC
46.0% → 50.9%
+5.0%
IND
10.2% → 13.0%
+2.8%
SOP
0.0% → 0.7%
+0.7%
CPI
0.0% → 0.5%
+0.5%
SSP
0.4% → 0.0%
−0.4%
PSP
3.3% → 0.0%
−3.3%
SWA
38.2% → 1.8%
−36.4%

Biggest INC–NCO swings

Seats where the INC-vs-NCO vote gap moved most, 1967 → 1972. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − NCO share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward NCO.

toward NCOtoward INC
Jetpur
−99.4%
Jetpur
−87.6%
Bulsar
−85.8%
Dharampur
−77.7%
Mansa
−74.7%
Kalol
−68.7%
Amreli
−65.2%
Kalol
−64.1%
Surat City North
−61.5%
Visnagar
−61.1%
Olpad
−60.0%
Viramgam
−59.2%

All constituencies · 1972

168 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1967