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176. Chikhli

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1998

GJ-CHIKHLI

BJP 53.0%won by 10.7%INC 42.3%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 38.4% to 10.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.

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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not in source
Valid votes
90,751
Margin
9,736
10.73%

Candidates

5 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1KANJIBHAI MAGANBHAI PATELBharatiya Janata Party · BJP48,11053.0%
  2. 2PATEL BHARTIBEN NARDEVBHAIIndian National Congress · INC38,37442.3%
  3. 3PATEL NAGINBHAI MAGANBHAIAIRJP · AIRJP1,9512.1%
  4. 4GARASIA SOMABHAI BAPUBHAIJanata Dal · JD1,6131.8%
  5. 5PATEL LAXMIBEN MANIBHAIIndependent · IND7030.8%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−27.7%
BJP share
66.7% → 53.0%
INC share
28.4% → 42.3%
Turnout
— → —
175. Gandevi177. Dangs-Bansda
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