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Constituency

170. Surat City East

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1998

GJ-SURAT-CITY-EAST

BJP 62.4%won by 31.1%INC 31.3%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 26.8% to 31.1%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.7% of the vote between them, up from 64.0% — 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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Valid votes
70,975
Margin
22,086
31.12%

Candidates

5 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1KHASI GULABDAS NAGINDASBharatiya Janata Party · BJP44,27962.4%
  2. 2IQBAL PATELIndian National Congress · INC22,19331.3%
  3. 3PARDEWALA MEHMOODBHAI ZAHIRIDINBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,3233.3%
  4. 4BUNKI MADANLAL PARBHURAMAIRJP · AIRJP1,7052.4%
  5. 5TANAWALA BHUPENDRABHAI CHAMPAKLALIndependent · IND4750.7%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−2.2%
BJP share
45.4% → 62.4%
INC share
12.1% → 31.3%
Turnout
— → —
169. Surat City North171. Surat City West
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