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Constituency

104. Idar

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1998

GJ-IDAR

BJP 54.0%won by 27.5%INC 26.5%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.6% to 27.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Safe seatBharatiya Janata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
92,624
Margin
25,450
27.48%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPINC swing
−6.1%
BJP share
59.1% 54.0%
INC share
25.5% 26.5%
Turnout