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130. Porbandar

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Gujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-PORBANDAR

BJP 59.0%won by 25.2%INC 33.8%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 22.0% to 25.2%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 33.8% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.8% of the vote between them, up from 85.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 8.4% to 33.7%.

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

Electorate
8,81,758
Turnout
33.7%
Valid votes
2,97,139
Margin
75,000
25.24%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPINC swing
−28.4%
BJP share
53.6% 59.0%
INC share
0.0% 33.8%
Turnout
42.1% 33.7%