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28. Jamjodhpur

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1998

GJ-JAMJODHPUR

BJP 55.0%won by 11.9%INC 43.2%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.4% to 11.9%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.2% of the vote between them, up from 66.4% — 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
65,352
Margin
7,747
11.85%

Candidates

5 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1SAPARIYA CHIMANLAL DHARAMSHIBHAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP35,95355.0%
  2. 2JADEJA BRIJRAJSINH HEMATSINHIndian National Congress · INC28,20643.2%
  3. 3VASRA KANABHAI SAJANBHAIIndependent · IND5830.9%
  4. 4VAGHELA GHELA BIJALBHAIIndependent · IND3540.5%
  5. 5SIDPARA KANTILAL KESHAVJIBHAIIndependent · IND2560.4%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−16.7%
BJP share
44.4% → 55.0%
INC share
15.9% → 43.2%
Turnout
— → —
27. Kalawad29. Bhanvad
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