Who won Umreth in the 1980 Assembly election?

KHAMBHOLJA HARIHARBHAI UMIYASHANKER of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Umreth in the 1980 Assembly election with 28,524 votes (59.1% vote share), a margin of 11,047 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

127. Umreth

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1980

GJ-UMRETH

INC 59.1%won by 22.9%JNP 36.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.9% to 22.9%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1975 and 1980 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 36.2% — it did not contest here in 1975.
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.3% of the vote between them, up from 90.1% — a tighter two-way 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

48,270

Margin

11,047

22.89%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC

1KHAMBHOLJA HARIHARBHAI UMIYASHANKER Indian National Congress · INC28,52459.1%
2SELAT SUBHASHCHANDRA SOMESHVAR Janata Party · JNP17,47736.2%
3KAZI ASRAFMIYA CHHOTUMIYA INCU · INCU1,4403.0%
4PATEL NARENDRAKUMAR CHHAGANBHAI Independent · IND8291.7%

Since 1975

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1975 and 1980. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then: INC
Winner now: INC
INC–JNP swing: −25.6%
INC share: 48.5% → 59.1%
JNP share: 0.0% → 36.2%
Turnout: — → —

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