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38. Somnath

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1995

GJ-SOMNATH

INC 37.4%won by 5.7%IND 31.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.7%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 17.6% to 37.4% of the vote here (+19.8%).
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 31.7% — it polled just 1.3% in 1990.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.1% between them, down from 79.6% — the field split more ways.

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
1,18,523
Margin
6,753
5.70%

Candidates

16 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BARAD JASHUBHAI DHANABHAIIndian National Congress · INC44,33037.4%
  2. 2GOHEL CHUNILAL KANJIIndependent · IND37,57731.7%
  3. 3BAMANIA UKA ANANDBharatiya Janata Party · BJP30,36325.6%
  4. 4CHUDASAMA HIRABHAI RAMABHAIIndependent · IND2,6962.3%
  5. 5MIRZA HUSEIN SIDIKIndependent · IND6260.5%
  6. 6GANDHI HARESH JAMNADASIndependent · IND4860.4%
  7. 7JAGA YUSUF MAHANMADIndependent · IND4500.4%
  8. 8GOHIL HARUN ALIIndependent · IND3780.3%
  9. 9CHANDPA DEVSI NAGAIndependent · IND3050.3%
  10. 10BAMANIA HIRA KARSHANIndependent · IND2650.2%
  11. 11MEHTA MANSUKHLAL PURSOTAMIndependent · IND2260.2%
  12. 12CHOMAL PRATAPSINH DHANJIIndependent · IND2220.2%
  13. 13ROGATIA LAKHMAN RATILALIndependent · IND2020.2%
  14. 14TAVANI FARUK KADARIndependent · IND1720.1%
  15. 15SHEKH IBRAHIM NOOR MOHAMEDBHAIIndependent · IND1330.1%
  16. 16HALA ISMAIL VALIBHAIIndependent · IND920.1%

Since 1990

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–IND swing
−10.6%
INC share
17.6% → 37.4%
IND share
1.3% → 31.7%
Turnout
— → —
37. Talala39. Una
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