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Constituency

168. Olpad

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1998

GJ-OLPAD

BJP 50.5%won by 22.4%INC 28.1%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.7% to 22.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.6% between them, down from 94.1% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,27,209
Margin
28,527
22.43%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPINC swing
−2.3%
BJP share
59.4% 50.5%
INC share
34.7% 28.1%
Turnout