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57. Bhavnagar North

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1998

GJ-BHAVNAGAR-NORTH

BJP 44.4%won by 16.3%INC 28.1%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 16.1% to 16.3%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • 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
81,183
Margin
13,259
16.33%

Candidates

11 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1MAHENDRA TRIVEDIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP36,07244.4%
  2. 2KIRAN MANIBHAI GANDHIIndian National Congress · INC22,81328.1%
  3. 3ARUN MEHTACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM19,66524.2%
  4. 4KISHOR BHATTAIRJP · AIRJP1,3291.6%
  5. 5KUNJANI CHHANGOMAL RATANMALIndependent · IND2910.4%
  6. 6ISHVERBHAI CHHAGANBHAI MAKAWANAIndependent · IND2620.3%
  7. 7DATHIYA BHUPATBHAI TAPUBHAIIndependent · IND2360.3%
  8. 8BHAYANI VASANTBHAI DADBHAIAJBP · AJBP2000.2%
  9. 9DR.BHARATBHAI JOSHIIndependent · IND1270.2%
  10. 10NEHUL TRIVEDIIndependent · IND1030.1%
  11. 11JAMOD SAVEETABEN KANUBHAIRPI · RPI850.1%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−4.5%
BJP share
43.8% → 44.4%
INC share
23.0% → 28.1%
Turnout
— → —
56. Ghogho58. Bhavnagar South
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