Constituency
126. Kutch
Community mirrorGujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-KUTCH
BJP 62.7%won by 33.0%INC 29.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 33.0%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 42.2% to 62.7% of the vote here (+20.5%).
- TurnoutTurnout fell 9.8% to 37.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
8,26,716
Turnout
37.3%
Valid votes
3,08,543
Margin
1,01,972
33.05%
Candidates
20 contested · winner BJP- 1GADHVI PUSHPADAN SHAMBHUDANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,93,54962.7%
- 2DINESH TRIVEDIIndian National Congress · INC91,57729.7%
- 3PADHIYAR HAJI JAKAB BAVAIndependent · IND5,2901.7%
- 4PARMAR BABULAL VASANBHAIIndependent · IND3,2851.1%
- 5JOSAB HUSEN SAMAJanata Dal · JD3,1861.0%
- 6PATEL BHARATKUMAR MANJIIndependent · IND2,3600.8%
- 7JOSHI KHARASHANKAR VITHALDASAIICT · AIICT2,3430.8%
- 8SHAH PARESH VRAJLALIndependent · IND9620.3%
- 9K.K. THAKKAR (ENGINEER)Samajwadi Party · SP8950.3%
- 10SHIVJIBHAI RAMJIBHAI SORATHIYAShiv Sena · SHS7950.3%
- 11JAYANTILAL GOVINDJI THAKKARIndependent · IND7450.2%
- 12KAMALKANT KANTILAL BHATTICS · ICS6750.2%
- 13PANDYA PRABHULAL AMRUTLALIndependent · IND5780.2%
- 14VIRBHAN ACHRAIndependent · IND4300.1%
- 15KARAMSI VELJIBHAI MOTHARIAIndependent · IND3810.1%
- 16ASHOK SOLANKIIndependent · IND3680.1%
- 17KHEMCHAND BUDHARAMIndependent · IND3550.1%
- 18MEMAN IBRAHIM LALMAMADIndependent · IND3360.1%
- 19KAPDI PREMJI RAMJI BHAIRPI · RPI3030.1%
- 20HARIBHAI NARAN VARCHANDIndependent · IND1300.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +42.6%
- BJP share
- 42.2% → 62.7%
- INC share
- 51.7% → 29.7%
- Turnout
- 47.1% → 37.3%