Election
Constituency

23. Upleta

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1998

GJ-UPLETA

BJP 35.7%won by 0.6%AIRJP 35.1%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 1.1% to 0.6%.

  • New challengerAIRJP (AIRJP) finished second with 35.1% — it did not contest here in 1995.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 70.8% of the vote between them, up from 60.8% — 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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not in source
Valid votes
67,555
Margin
379
0.56%

Candidates

7 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1MAKADIA PRAVINBHAI MOHANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP24,11235.7%
  2. 2RAJABHAI RAMBHAI SUVAAIRJP · AIRJP23,73335.1%
  3. 3BALVANTRAI BACHUBHAI MANVARIndependent · IND15,86323.5%
  4. 4RAMBHAI GOVABHAI SUVAIndian National Congress · INC2,6183.9%
  5. 5RAVJIBHAI MADHAVJIBHAI VADHERIndependent · IND5630.8%
  6. 6CHANDULAL AMRABHAI JADAVIndependent · IND4860.7%
  7. 7MOHAN VASTA SHRIMALIIndependent · IND1800.3%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–AIRJP swing
−30.4%
BJP share
30.9% → 35.7%
AIRJP share
0.0% → 35.1%
Turnout
— → —
22. Dhoraji24. Jodiya
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