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51. Palitana

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1998

GJ-PALITANA

BJP 45.5%won by 18.2%INC 27.3%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.0% to 18.2%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.8% between them, down from 88.0% — the field split more ways.
  • 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
72,797
Margin
13,255
18.21%

Candidates

8 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1GOTI KURJIBHAI RAMJIBHAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP33,10845.5%
  2. 2GODHANI DALSUKHBHAI JERAMBHAIIndian National Congress · INC19,85327.3%
  3. 3PRAVINSINHJI JADEJAAIRJP · AIRJP18,28425.1%
  4. 4GOHIL JAYDIPSINH PARAKRAMSINHIndependent · IND4130.6%
  5. 5RATHOD RANCHHOD BACHUBHAISamajwadi Party · SP3730.5%
  6. 6MAKWANA JERAMBHAI DEVJIBHAIIndependent · IND2810.4%
  7. 7RATHOD DIPAKKUMAR BALDEVBHAIIndependent · IND2500.3%
  8. 8BHIL DAYABHAI HIRABHAIIndependent · IND2350.3%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
+10.2%
BJP share
48.0% → 45.5%
INC share
40.0% → 27.3%
Turnout
— → —
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