Who won Rajkot-Ii in the 1975 Assembly election?

ARAVINDHBHAI MANIYAR of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) won Rajkot-Ii in the 1975 Assembly election with 29,341 votes (64.7% vote share), a margin of 14,055 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

18. Rajkot-Ii

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1975

GJ-RAJKOT-II

BJS 64.7%won by 31.0%INC 33.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 31.0%.

BJS vote shareBJS went from 24.5% to 64.7% of the vote here (+40.3%).
Safe seatBharatiya Jana Sangh won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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

45,326

Margin

14,055

31.01%

Candidates

5 contested · winner BJS

1ARAVINDHBHAI MANIYAR Bharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS29,34164.7%
2SUDHIR JOSHI Indian National Congress · INC15,28633.7%
3BHAGAT VINAYAK VALABHAI Independent · IND4671.0%
4VAJUBHAI PARMAR Independent · IND1390.3%
5ANARKAT NAROTTAMDAS TRIBHOVANDAS Independent · IND930.2%

Since 1972

Derived

Winner then: INC
Winner now: BJSflipped
BJS–INC swing: +79.9%
BJS share: 24.5% → 64.7%
INC share: 73.4% → 33.7%
Turnout: — → —

17. Rajkot-I 19. Rajkot Rural

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