Election
Constituency

161. Nijhar

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1990

GJ-NIJHAR

INC 54.3%won by 21.1%BJP 33.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.1% to 21.1%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.6% of the vote between them, up from 74.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
55,405
Margin
11,680
21.08%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1VASAVA GOVINDBHAI BARKIABHAIIndian National Congress · INC30,10454.3%
  2. 2PADVI SUBHASHBHAI ROTUBHAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP18,42433.3%
  3. 3TUKARAMBHAI NURJIBHAI VALVIIndependent · IND2,5774.7%
  4. 4GAMIT LALSING TETIACommunist Party of India · CPI2,1423.9%
  5. 5CHAUDHARI PREMBHAI MACHABHAIDDP · DDP9771.8%
  6. 6GAMIT NARENDRABHAI REVABHAIIndependent · IND5631.0%
  7. 7GAMIT JIVANBHAI NATHUBHAIIndependent · IND3900.7%
  8. 8PADVI MAGANBHAI RESHABHAIIndependent · IND2280.4%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−19.5%
INC share
50.1% → 54.3%
BJP share
9.5% → 33.3%
Turnout
— → —
160. Rajpipla162. Mangrol
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