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State:	Gujarat
Constituency:	Junagadh
Total Votes Polled:	337702
Winner: BJP	Chikhaliya Bhavnaben Devarajbhai	202748
Runner Up: INC	Shekhada Govindbhai Kanjibhai	94076
Margin: 108672 (32.92%)

The 1967 election saw a replay of the fight at Porbandar. Viren Shah of the Swatantra Party defeating the Congress's C R Raja, and being defeated in the next elections by Congress candidate N R Vekaria. Here's more of a coincidence: in 1962 D P Raja had won 59.7 % of the vote in both the seats; in 1967 Shah won 49.2 % of the vote in both places; and in 1971 Vekaria cornered 54 % of the vote in both constituencies.