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91. Patan

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1998

GJ-PATAN

BJP 49.6%won by 13.7%AIRJP 35.9%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.0% to 13.7%.

  • New challengerAIRJP (AIRJP) finished second with 35.9% — it did not contest here in 1995.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.5% of the vote between them, up from 76.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
83,591
Margin
11,412
13.65%

Candidates

6 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1PATEL MOHANBHAI HIRABHAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP41,42149.6%
  2. 2PATEL KANTILAL NANALALAIRJP · AIRJP30,00935.9%
  3. 3PATEL DHANJIBHAI AMBARAMIndian National Congress · INC7,1458.5%
  4. 4PATEL DAHYABHAI PITAMBARDASJanata Dal · JD4,7145.6%
  5. 5PATEL MOHANBHAI BHIKHABHAIIndependent · IND1920.2%
  6. 6PATEL MANORBHAI VIRCHANDBHAIIndependent · IND1100.1%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–AIRJP swing
−32.0%
BJP share
45.6% → 49.6%
AIRJP share
0.0% → 35.9%
Turnout
— → —
90. Vagdod92. Chanasma
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