Who won Dhrangadhra in the 1985 Assembly election?

SANGHVI ARVIND SAKERCHAND of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Dhrangadhra in the 1985 Assembly election with 20,561 votes (49.8% vote share), a margin of 4,522 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

12. Dhrangadhra

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1985

GJ-DHRANGADHRA

INC 49.8%won by 11.0%IND 38.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 11.0%.

INC vote shareINC went from 29.4% to 49.8% of the vote here (+20.4%).
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.7% of the vote between them, up from 67.3% — 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

41,249

Margin

4,522

10.96%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC

1SANGHVI ARVIND SAKERCHAND Indian National Congress · INC20,56149.8%
2SHAH HASMUKHLAL MANEKLAL Independent · IND16,03938.9%
3KISANBHAI BHUDARBHAI PUJARA Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,0829.9%
4DAVE GHANSHYAM KESHAVLAL DDP · DDP4241.0%
5CHHANABHAI DANABHAI MAKWANA Independent · IND1430.3%

Since 1980

Derived

Winner then: IND
Winner now: INCflipped
INC–IND swing: +19.4%
INC share: 29.4% → 49.8%
IND share: 37.9% → 38.9%
Turnout: — → —

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