KhadbrahmaAssembly by-election result, 1978
D.J.Doljibhai (INC(I)) won Khadbrahma in the 1978 assembly by-election with 49.2% of the vote, beating S.S.Hamibhai (JNP) by 2,021 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1975 election. In 1972, seat no. 103 was Dohad. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2007. From 2012, seat no. 103 is Bhavnagar Rural. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A clear win with a 7.5% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D.J.DOLJIBHAI  INC(I) | INC(I) | 13,21749.2% |
| 2 | S.S.HAMIBHAI | 11,19641.7% | |
| 3 | B.D.MEGHAJI IND | IND | 1,5225.7% |
| 4 | K.M.DHANJI IND | IND | 9053.4% |
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A clear win, a two-to-three-way race.
How safe is this seat?
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
INC(I), JNP and an independent took 97% of the votes.
Parties in the race 2.38 Effective number of parties — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How did the vote split?
This seat number was reused from 2012. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2012, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
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Who has won Khadbrahma, 1975–2007
- 1975KATARA KHATUBHAI KAUDAJI (NCO), margin 11.2%
- 1980DAMOR JAGDISHCHANDRAJI DOLJIBHAI (INC(I)), margin 23.5%
- 1985KATARA KALJIBHAI RATNAJI (INC), margin 20.5%
- 1990BARA BECHARBHAI KHATUJI (BJP), margin 14.5%
- 1995AMARSINH BHILABHAI CHAUDHARI (INC), margin 24.5%
- 1998AMARSINH BHILABHAI CHAUDHARY (INC), margin 27.6%
- 2002AMARSINH BHILABHAI CHAUDHARI (INC), margin 9.2%
- 2007ASHWIN KOTVAL (INC), margin 23.7%