Rajkot (GJ-4): 1977 vs 1980 — Billion Ballots

1977

PATEL KESHUBHAI SAVDASBHAI

JNPJanata Party

Margin15,8015.2%

Winner votes1,43,05146.9%

ReservationGEN

JNPINCINDINDIND

#	Candidate	Votes	Share
	PATEL KESHUBHAI SAVDASBHAI JNP	1,43,051	46.9%
2	ARVINDKUMAR MOHANLAL PATEL INC	1,27,250	41.8%
3	KANABHAI LAXMANBHAI AHIR IND	23,577	7.7%
4	N. S. CHAVDA IND	5,411	1.8%
5	SEJPAL AMRITLAL GOKALDAS IND	2,180	0.7%
6	MANKAD HARILAL AMRITLAL IND	2,037	0.7%
7	BHAIYA ISABHAI JUMABHAI IND	1,278	0.4%

Turnout50.5%Votes cast3,04,784Electors6,04,102

1980

MAVANI RAMJIBHAI BHURABHAI

INC(I)Congress (I)

Margin53,47617.4%

Winner votes1,58,22051.5%

ReservationGEN

INC(I)JNPINC(U)INDIND

#	Candidate	Votes	Share
	MAVANI RAMJIBHAI BHURABHAI INC(I)	1,58,220	51.5%
2	SHUKLA CHIMANBHAI HARILAL JNP	1,04,744	34.1%
3	MANUBHAI MANSUKHLAL SHAH INC(U)	28,923	9.4%
4	KANGAR KANABHAI LAXMAN IND	3,419	1.1%
5	UNADKAT ODHAVJI POPAT IND	2,432	0.8%
6	CHAUHAN SHASIKANT KARSAN IND	2,377	0.8%
7	MOR ABDULSATAR IBRAHIM IND	2,219	0.7%
8	LIYA VITHALDAS HANSRAJ IND	2,219	0.7%
9	UKA BHURA MORVADIA IND	1,562	0.5%
10	HEMATSINH NANBHA RATHOD IND	658	0.2%
11	JOSHI MANISHANKER JIVRAM IND	408	0.1%
12	THAKAR KANTILAL CHHAGANBHAI IND	283	0.1%

Turnout43.5%Votes cast3,07,464Electors7,06,199