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Constituency

170. Surat City East

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1990

GJ-SURAT-CITY-EAST

BJP 68.4%won by 50.6%DMM 17.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 50.6%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 45.1% to 68.4% of the vote here (+23.3%).
  • New challengerDMM (DMM) finished second with 17.7% — it did not contest here in 1985.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.1% between them, down from 94.8% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
51,326
Margin
25,995
50.65%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJPDMM swing
+5.6%
BJP share
45.1% 68.4%
DMM share
0.0% 17.7%
Turnout