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Constituency

79. Gandhi Nagar

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1998

GJ-GANDHI-NAGAR

BJP 40.4%won by 9.3%AIRJP 31.1%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.7% to 9.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerAIRJP (AIRJP) finished second with 31.1% — it did not contest here in 1995.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.5% between them, down from 86.8% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,33,224
Margin
12,434
9.33%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPAIRJP swing
−34.9%
BJP share
44.2% 40.4%
AIRJP share
0.0% 31.1%
Turnout