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Constituency

161. Nijhar

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 2002

GJ-NIJHAR

INC 40.0%won by 14.5%BJP 25.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.3% to 14.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 20.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.4% between them, down from 88.4% — 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
1,13,281
Margin
16,463
14.53%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−18.8%
INC share
60.9% 40.0%
BJP share
27.6% 25.5%
Turnout