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171. Surat City West

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1995

GJ-SURAT-CITY-WEST

BJP 64.9%won by 40.8%INC 24.1%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 33.9% to 40.8%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.0% between them, down from 98.1% — the field split more ways.
  • Safe seatBharatiya Janata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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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Valid votes
1,20,873
Margin
49,292
40.78%

Candidates

22 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1CHAPATWALA HEMANTBHAI CHAMPAKLALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP78,45364.9%
  2. 2UPADHYAY JAWAHAR RAMCHANDRAIndian National Congress · INC29,16124.1%
  3. 3JAMADAR NISHARBHAI HUSAINBHAIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5,8194.8%
  4. 4AAYUBBHAI KAPADIAIndependent · IND1,2571.0%
  5. 5TARWALA GULAM MUSTUFA GULAM MOHMMED (SALIMIndependent · IND1,0580.9%
  6. 6NATALI NATVARLAL CHHABILDASShiv Sena · SHS1,0560.9%
  7. 7GULAM PATEL (HAJI)Independent · IND6590.5%
  8. 8PATEL PRAVINBHAI CHHAGANBHAIIndependent · IND6330.5%
  9. 9GOVARDHANESH VITTHALJI JOSHIIndependent · IND4730.4%
  10. 10SAIYED NAJMUDDIN HAJI MIYA REEFAIIndependent · IND3080.3%
  11. 11MEHATA RAMESHCHANDRA MAGANLALIndependent · IND2570.2%
  12. 12KANTILAL DHURABHAI PATELIndependent · IND2450.2%
  13. 13SALI SANJAY SURESHBHAIDDP · DDP2080.2%
  14. 14HITENDRA PATELIndependent · IND2050.2%
  15. 15CHASHMAWALA G. MOHMMED ALLARAKHA (GULAMBHAIIndependent · IND2030.2%
  16. 16KISHAN ACHANANIIndependent · IND1970.2%
  17. 17CHAUHAN CHIMANBHAI RAGHUNATHBHAIIndependent · IND1660.1%
  18. 18AMARSINH (KALLU) JAGPALSINH DIKHEETIndependent · IND1510.1%
  19. 19SURESHKUMAR GHISALAL AGRAWALIndependent · IND1400.1%
  20. 20BHAGWANDAS MANCHHARAM PATELIndependent · IND960.1%
  21. 21NAKULBHAI BALUBHAI THAKKARIndependent · IND760.1%
  22. 22ASHWIN AMRATLAL YAGNIKIndependent · IND520.0%

Since 1990

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
+6.9%
BJP share
66.0% → 64.9%
INC share
32.1% → 24.1%
Turnout
— → —
170. Surat City East172. Chorasi
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