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85. Vijapur

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1998

GJ-VIJAPUR

INC 34.7%won by 9.1%BJP 25.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 9.1%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 46.2% to 34.7% of the vote here (−11.5%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.3% between them, down from 98.4% — the field split more ways.

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
1,11,152
Margin
10,156
9.14%

Candidates

12 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAVAL NARESHKUMAR GANGARAMIndian National Congress · INC38,61534.7%
  2. 2J.P.PATELBharatiya Janata Party · BJP28,45925.6%
  3. 3PATEL ATMARAM MAGANBHAIJanata Dal · JD26,11623.5%
  4. 4DR.C.J.CHAVADAAIRJP · AIRJP15,52014.0%
  5. 5PATEL SURESHBHAI RANCHHODBHAIIndependent · IND9440.8%
  6. 6PATEL MANGALDAS JESHANGBHAIIndependent · IND3450.3%
  7. 7PATEL NARAYANBHAI PARSHOTAMDASIndependent · IND2940.3%
  8. 8THAKOR BHARATJI BABUJIIndependent · IND2500.2%
  9. 9PATEL DINESHKUMAR BHOLABHAIShiv Sena · SHS2470.2%
  10. 10MALEK TANAVIRHUSHEN IKABALHUSENIndependent · IND1740.2%
  11. 11PARMAR KALABHAI MAGANBHAIIndependent · IND1170.1%
  12. 12CHAUHAN HARESHKUMAR PURSHOTAMBHAIIndependent · IND710.1%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJP swing
+15.0%
INC share
46.2% → 34.7%
BJP share
52.1% → 25.6%
Turnout
— → —
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