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133. Bhavnagar

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Gujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-BHAVNAGAR

BJP 34.7%won by 1.8%IND 32.9%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.7% to 1.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 21.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 32.9% — it polled just 0.8% in 1991.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.6% between them, down from 89.6% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.4% to 45.2%.

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

Electorate
9,49,885
Turnout
45.2%
Valid votes
4,29,639
Margin
7,771
1.81%

Candidates

33 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1RAJENDRASINH GHANSHYAMSINH RANABharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,49,17734.7%
  2. 2PURSHOTTAM ODHAVJI SOLANKIIndependent · IND1,41,40632.9%
  3. 3GOHIL DILIPSINH AJITSINHIndian National Congress · INC1,02,21223.8%
  4. 4MOHANBHAI D. PATELJanata Dal · JD5,6491.3%
  5. 5CHAUHAN BACHUBHAI ARJANShiv Sena · SHS5,5971.3%
  6. 6ARYADUT MANUBHAIIndependent · IND2,9360.7%
  7. 7ANANTSINH PRABHATSINH SOLANKIIndependent · IND1,8440.4%
  8. 8AHIR HAMUBHAI UNADBHAIIndependent · IND1,7000.4%
  9. 9KASAMBHAI SAIYADIndependent · IND1,5380.4%
  10. 10JJ ZALAIndependent · IND1,5340.4%
  11. 11LATTABEN ASHOKKUMAR SHUKLAIndependent · IND1,4590.3%
  12. 12MEHTA SURESHCHANDRA NATWARLALIndependent · IND1,3900.3%
  13. 13HARSHAD MAKWANAIndependent · IND1,3750.3%
  14. 14RATHOD NATUBHAI SAMJIBHAIIndependent · IND1,3260.3%
  15. 15TARMAMAD DOKADIYAIndependent · IND1,0940.3%
  16. 16VAGHANI JIVRAJ MANJIBHAIIndependent · IND8480.2%
  17. 17RAMESH MATHURBHAI BARAIYAIndependent · IND8380.2%
  18. 18DINESHKUMAR DAMJIBHAI PIPALIYAIndependent · IND7940.2%
  19. 19MANJIBHAI JIVABHAI NAVADIYAIndependent · IND6850.2%
  20. 20SANT RAMDASJI GURUSUNDARDASJIIndependent · IND6620.2%
  21. 21CHINMAY PATELABJS · ABJS6570.2%
  22. 22KUKAREJA LEKHRAJ GOKALDASIndependent · IND6480.2%
  23. 23ARJUN B. NETARWALARPI · RPI5840.1%
  24. 24BABARIA HAMIRBHAI DEHABHAIIndependent · IND4880.1%
  25. 25DILIP B. CHAUHANIndependent · IND4860.1%
  26. 26PATEL LALLUBHAI VALLABBHAIIndependent · IND4560.1%
  27. 27CHHAGANBHAI KESHAVBHAI PATELIndependent · IND4330.1%
  28. 28BHUPATBHAI FAKIWALAIndependent · IND4240.1%
  29. 29KABIR MANHARDAS ISHVARDASIndependent · IND4230.1%
  30. 30USAMAN MANSURIIndependent · IND4020.1%
  31. 31MAVJIBHAI BHIKHABHAI DOOLERAIndependent · IND2300.1%
  32. 32MAKWANA NIRANJAN KANJIBHAIIndependent · IND2080.0%
  33. 33BANSIMAL MULANI RAILWAYWALAIndependent · IND1360.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPIND swing
−54.0%
BJP share
56.6% 34.7%
IND share
0.8% 32.9%
Turnout
41.8% 45.2%