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18. Rajkot-Ii

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1998

GJ-RAJKOT-II

BJP 61.3%won by 40.9%AIRJP 20.4%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.2% to 40.9%.

  • New challengerAIRJP (AIRJP) finished second with 20.4% — it did not contest here in 1995.
  • Safe seatBharatiya Janata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
70,256
Margin
28,718
40.88%

Candidates

5 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1VALA VAJUBHAI ROODABHAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP43,03461.3%
  2. 2KASHMEERABEN BAKULBHAI NATHVANEEAIRJP · AIRJP14,31620.4%
  3. 3PRABHUDAS CHHOTALAL BAROTIndian National Congress · INC12,44717.7%
  4. 4KIREETKUMAR POPATLAL BHEEMANIJanata Dal · JD3130.4%
  5. 5RAVIKIRAN VRUJLAL KOTAKIndependent · IND1460.2%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–AIRJP swing
−8.2%
BJP share
49.1% → 61.3%
AIRJP share
0.0% → 20.4%
Turnout
— → —
17. Rajkot-I19. Rajkot Rural
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