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96. Deodar

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1998

GJ-DEODAR

BJP 42.9%won by 9.4%INC 33.5%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.7% to 9.4%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.4% of the vote between them, up from 70.3% — 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
98,675
Margin
9,229
9.35%

Candidates

5 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1VAGELA LILADHARBHAI KHODAJIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP42,30042.9%
  2. 2SHAH SURESHBHAI LAHERCHANDBHAIIndian National Congress · INC33,07133.5%
  3. 3TARAK KALUBHAI VIRABHAIAIRJP · AIRJP22,25222.6%
  4. 4BOKA DUNGARBHAI KHUSHALBHAIIndependent · IND6430.7%
  5. 5PARMAR MAFABHAI PIRABHAIIndependent · IND4090.4%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−4.2%
BJP share
38.0% → 42.9%
INC share
24.4% → 33.5%
Turnout
— → —
95. Vav97. Kankrej
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