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Gujarat · PC 7 · 1967 by-election
BhavnagarLok Sabha by-election result, 1967
P.M.Mehta (INC) won Bhavnagar in the 1967 Lok Sabha by-election with 53.5% of the vote, beating U.N.Mehinda (SWA) by 18,642 votes.
Winner — 1967 by-election
P.M.MEHTA
INC 53.5%SWA 40.7%3 others 5.8%
Votes
78,084
53.5% share
Winning margin
18,642
12.8% of votes
Total votes cast
1,45,946
Candidates
5
Seat history
All Candidates
5 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P.M.MEHTA | 78,08453.5% | |
| 2 | U.N.MEHINDA | 59,44240.7% | |
| 3 | N.V.MEHTA IND | IND | 4,8453.3% |
| 4 | C.R.PANDHIYAR IND | IND | 2,4591.7% |
| 5 | N.HARIHARAN IND | IND | 1,1160.8% |
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
A clear win, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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12.8%
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
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Essentially two
INC and SWA took 94% of the votes.
Effective number of parties: 2.20 — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How often does it back the winner?
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…How did the vote split?
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53.5%won by INC
INC 53.5%SWA 40.7%Others 5.8%
This seat number was reused from 2009. The district and local data on file describe the seat as contested from 2009, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
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