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Constituency

116. Devgadh Baria

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1998

GJ-DEVGADH-BARIA

INC 69.5%won by 46.0%BJP 23.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 46.0%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 41.8% to 69.5% of the vote here (+27.7%).
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress 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
69,982
Margin
32,188
45.99%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCBJP swing
+51.8%
INC share
41.8% 69.5%
BJP share
47.6% 23.5%
Turnout