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106. Himatnagar

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1998

GJ-HIMATNAGAR

BJP 48.4%won by 8.3%INC 40.1%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.9% to 8.3%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.4% of the vote between them, up from 69.2% — a tighter two-way 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
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
96,792
Margin
8,027
8.29%

Candidates

5 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1CHAVDA RANJITSINH NARSINHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP46,80648.4%
  2. 2PATEL BHAGWANDAS HARIBHAIIndian National Congress · INC38,77940.1%
  3. 3PATEL NATHABHAI DEVJIBHAIAIRJP · AIRJP9,76210.1%
  4. 4BALVANTSINH RAHEVARJanata Dal · JD1,0711.1%
  5. 5SINDHI BHARATBHAI ISHWARBHAIIndependent · IND3740.4%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−15.6%
BJP share
46.5% → 48.4%
INC share
22.7% → 40.1%
Turnout
— → —
105. Bhiloda107. Prantij
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