Constituency
59. Dhandhuka
Community mirrorGujarat Assembly Election, 1998
GJ-DHANDHUKA
BJP 46.6%won by 19.9%AIRJP 26.7%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.1% to 19.9%.
- New challengerAIRJP (AIRJP) finished second with 26.7% — it did not contest here in 1995.
- 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
77,103
Margin
15,307
19.85%
Candidates
9 contested · winner BJP- 1BHARAT PANDYABharatiya Janata Party · BJP35,92846.6%
- 2PARIKH DILIPBHAI RAMANLALAIRJP · AIRJP20,62126.7%
- 3CHUDASMA MAHENDRSINH VIRMDEVSINHIndian National Congress · INC19,09024.8%
- 4RAVAL GAUTAMKUMAR K.Independent · IND5230.7%
- 5CHUDASMA AJITSINH (BHADIYAD PIR)Janata Dal · JD3820.5%
- 6PARMAR SARDARSING MOTIBHAIIndependent · IND2150.3%
- 7DHOLAKIYA GOPALBHAI JARAMBHAIIndependent · IND1500.2%
- 8VADODARIYA D.D.Independent · IND1370.2%
- 9VANAR NATVARSINH PRATPSINHIndependent · IND570.1%
Since 1995
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–AIRJP swing
- −22.6%
- BJP share
- 42.5% → 46.6%
- AIRJP share
- 0.0% → 26.7%
- Turnout
- — → —