Who won Jetpur in the 1972 Assembly election?

JAMNADAS SAMJI VERKARIA of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Jetpur in the 1972 Assembly election with 19,646 votes (54.4% vote share), a margin of 7,384 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

19. Jetpur

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1972

GJ-JETPUR

INC 54.4%won by 20.4%IND 33.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.0% to 20.4%.

Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Swatantra Party (SWA) to Independent (IND).
Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate

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Turnout

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Valid votes

36,144

Margin

7,384

20.43%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC

1JAMNADAS SAMJI VERKARIA Indian National Congress · INC19,64654.4%
2MANUBHAI DHARMASHI GAJERA Independent · IND12,26233.9%
3PNARENDRASINH JADEJA Bharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS4,23611.7%

Since 1967

Derived

Winner then: INC
Winner now: INC
INC–IND swing: −23.2%
INC share: 54.6% → 54.4%
IND share: 11.0% → 33.9%
Turnout: — → —

18. Gondal 20. Dhoraji

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