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40. Visavadar

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1998

GJ-VISAVADAR

BJP 73.4%won by 53.0%IND 20.4%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 32.7% to 53.0%.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 20.4% — it polled just 0.7% in 1995.
  • Safe seatBharatiya Janata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
71,196
Margin
37,720
52.98%

Candidates

5 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1PATEL KESHUBHAI SAVDASBharatiya Janata Party · BJP52,25873.4%
  2. 2AMBALIYA KESHUBHAI NARANBHAIIndependent · IND14,53820.4%
  3. 3RIBADIYA DHIRUBHAI FULABHAIAIRJP · AIRJP2,5783.6%
  4. 4SARVAIYA BHAGVANBHAI BIJALBHAIIndependent · IND1,0761.5%
  5. 5GUNDRANIYA DHANJIBHAI NARSINHBHAIIndependent · IND7461.0%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–IND swing
−10.7%
BJP share
64.3% → 73.4%
IND share
0.7% → 20.4%
Turnout
— → —
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