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Constituency

17. Rajkot-I

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1998

GJ-RAJKOT-I

BJP 54.8%won by 10.4%INC 44.4%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.3% to 10.4%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.2% of the vote between them, up from 81.2% — 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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Valid votes
1,16,000
Margin
12,007
10.35%

Candidates

4 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1RAMESH DHANJIBHAI RUPAPARABharatiya Janata Party · BJP63,54554.8%
  2. 2JADEJA MANOHARSINHJI P.Indian National Congress · INC51,53844.4%
  3. 3DR.ABDUL BELIMIndependent · IND4800.4%
  4. 4GOHEL KANUBHAI KHIMJIBHAIIndependent · IND4370.4%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
+6.1%
BJP share
42.7% → 54.8%
INC share
38.5% → 44.4%
Turnout
— → —
16. Jasdan18. Rajkot-Ii
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