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82. Jotana

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1998

GJ-JOTANA

BJP 49.1%won by 21.8%INC 27.3%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.0% to 21.8%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.4% between them, down from 90.4% — 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
91,122
Margin
19,895
21.83%

Candidates

11 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1ISHVARBHAI DHANABHAI MAKWANABharatiya Janata Party · BJP44,73849.1%
  2. 2PARIMAL RANCHHODBHAI SOLANKIIndian National Congress · INC24,84327.3%
  3. 3PARMAR DEVSHANKAR SOMABHAIAIRJP · AIRJP17,02918.7%
  4. 4PARMAR BABUBHAI MANABHAIJanata Dal · JD1,7411.9%
  5. 5CHAWDA ARVIND NATHALALIndependent · IND8280.9%
  6. 6J.K.PARMARRPI · RPI6890.8%
  7. 7CHAUHAN TRIBHOVANDAS VITHALDASIndependent · IND3430.4%
  8. 8SOLANKI NARESHKUMAR JIVABHAISamajwadi Party · SP3200.4%
  9. 9VANKAR JIVANBHAI KANABHAIIndependent · IND2570.3%
  10. 10VANKAR VISHNUBHAI MADHABHAIIndependent · IND1770.2%
  11. 11PARMAR DINESHBHAI TOKARBHAIRSRP · RSRP1570.2%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
+8.9%
BJP share
51.7% → 49.1%
INC share
38.7% → 27.3%
Turnout
— → —
81. Kadi83. Mehsana
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