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32. Porbandar

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1998

GJ-PORBANDAR

BJP 53.5%won by 31.8%AIRJP 21.7%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.9% to 31.8%.

  • New challengerAIRJP (AIRJP) finished second with 21.7% — it did not contest here in 1995.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.2% between them, down from 91.7% — 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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not in source
Valid votes
74,411
Margin
23,640
31.77%

Candidates

12 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1BOKHIRIYA BABUBHAI BHIMABHAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP39,79653.5%
  2. 2SHIYAL HIRALAL GAGANAIRJP · AIRJP16,15621.7%
  3. 3MODHVADIA ARJUN DEVABHAIIndian National Congress · INC12,03916.2%
  4. 4KADCHHA BHURA MUNZAIndependent · IND4,3475.8%
  5. 5JOSHI CHAMPAKLAL SHIVSHANKARCommunist Party of India · CPI6990.9%
  6. 6DEVANI BHAGUBHAI HIRALALJanata Dal · JD5510.7%
  7. 7LIMBOLA LAKHABHAI NARANBHAIRPI · RPI3930.5%
  8. 8VADHIYA KARSHANBHAI HIRABHAISamajwadi Party · SP1500.2%
  9. 9PREMILABEN KARSHAN POSTARIYAIndependent · IND1170.2%
  10. 10ODEDARA MALDE KARSHANIndependent · IND760.1%
  11. 11MACHHAVARA NATHU GIGAIndependent · IND570.1%
  12. 12VYAS URMIL HARIKRISHNAIndependent · IND300.0%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–AIRJP swing
−21.6%
BJP share
53.3% → 53.5%
AIRJP share
0.0% → 21.7%
Turnout
— → —
31. Dwarka33. Kutiyana
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