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13. Morvi

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1998

GJ-MORVI

BJP 52.1%won by 24.1%IND 28.0%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.2% to 24.1%.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 28.0% — it polled just 0.9% in 1995.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.1% between them, down from 94.3% — 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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Valid votes
90,941
Margin
21,875
24.05%

Candidates

6 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1AMRUTIYA KANTILAL SHIVABHAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP47,36152.1%
  2. 2JAYANTILAL JERAJBHAI PATELIndependent · IND25,48628.0%
  3. 3PETHAPARA GIRISHBHAI MAGANBHAIIndian National Congress · INC13,51114.9%
  4. 4PUNAMCHAND LILADHAR KOTAKAIRJP · AIRJP3,5723.9%
  5. 5BAVLECHA DAMJIBHAI JIVARAJBHAIJanata Dal · JD6400.7%
  6. 6SAVARIYA KESHAVJI KUNVARJIIndependent · IND3710.4%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–IND swing
−26.8%
BJP share
51.7% → 52.1%
IND share
0.9% → 28.0%
Turnout
— → —
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