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62. Mandal

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 2002

GJ-MANDAL

BJP 46.8%won by 0.7%INC 46.2%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.2% to 0.7%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.0% of the vote between them, up from 78.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 557 votes (0.67%) — among the closest results anywhere.

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

Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
83,694
Margin
557
0.67%

Candidates

5 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1PATEL PRAGJIBHAI NARANBHAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP39,18946.8%
  2. 2PATEL JAYANTIBHAI BHALABHAIIndian National Congress · INC38,63246.2%
  3. 3PATEL PRAHLADBHAI AMBARAMBHAIIndependent · IND2,8133.4%
  4. 4PATEL SHANKARBHAI SHIVDASShiv Sena · SHS2,1182.5%
  5. 5ZALA BHIKHUJI ANDAJIIndependent · IND9421.1%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−5.6%
BJP share
42.2% → 46.8%
INC share
35.9% → 46.2%
Turnout
— → —
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