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135. Ahmedabad

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Gujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-AHMEDABAD

BJP 61.3%won by 28.6%INC 32.7%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 23.3% to 28.6%.

  • TurnoutTurnout fell 10.6% to 26.9%.
  • Safe seatBharatiya Janata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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

Electorate
12,79,854
Turnout
26.9%
Valid votes
3,44,113
Margin
98,517
28.63%

Candidates

32 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1HARIN PATHAKBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,10,96761.3%
  2. 2IRSHAD MIRZAIndian National Congress · INC1,12,45032.7%
  3. 3CHIMANBHAI MEHTAIndependent · IND6,6051.9%
  4. 4UTSAV RANAJanata Dal · JD3,5801.0%
  5. 5RANJITSINH ZALA (LOK SEVAK)Samajwadi Party · SP1,5600.5%
  6. 6PATEL BHIMJIBHAI CHHAGANBHAIIndependent · IND8640.3%
  7. 7DESAI MAHESHBHAI NARPATLAL (THARADWALA)Independent · IND6680.2%
  8. 8DEVESHBHAI GUNVANTLAL MODIIndependent · IND6670.2%
  9. 9PIRUBHAI MANSURIAIICT · AIICT6460.2%
  10. 10PRAJAPATI BIPINBHAI VITTHALBHAIIndependent · IND5050.1%
  11. 11MAHENDRAKUMAR BABUBHAI PARMARIndependent · IND4230.1%
  12. 12GURKHA GHANSHYAMSINH KRISHNABAHADURRPI · RPI4120.1%
  13. 13PATEL VINUBHAI RAVJIBHAIIndependent · IND4030.1%
  14. 14CHRISTIAN BENTRIASBHAI NARSINHBHAIIndependent · IND3960.1%
  15. 15HARSHADBHAI DAHYABHAI PATELIndependent · IND3550.1%
  16. 16MEDIPALLI LAXMINARAYAN YANKATAIYYAIndependent · IND3470.1%
  17. 17NARENDRA RAVAL (BAGASARAWALA)Independent · IND3460.1%
  18. 18ASHWINKUMAR CHHOTUSINH VAGHELAIndependent · IND3290.1%
  19. 19PARMAR BHARATKUMAR SHANKARBHAIIndependent · IND2790.1%
  20. 20VAGHELA RAVJIBHAI MAGANJIIndependent · IND2460.1%
  21. 21FARIDABANU J KHAN BHALAKJAIndependent · IND2460.1%
  22. 22KANTIBHAI SOMABHAI PATELIndependent · IND2430.1%
  23. 23H.K. MAHAJANIndependent · IND2320.1%
  24. 24SAIYAD IQBAL ESHARAT HUSSAINIndependent · IND2140.1%
  25. 25SANGHVI PRAVINCHANDRA JIVANLALIndependent · IND2110.1%
  26. 26SHANTILAL HIRAWALAIndependent · IND1770.1%
  27. 27PATEL RAMESHBHAI BABABHAIIndependent · IND1750.1%
  28. 28AHMADBHAI GANIBHAI VADNAGARWALAIndependent · IND1670.0%
  29. 29HARMAR JAYANAND DAVIDIndependent · IND1200.0%
  30. 30LAKTHARWALA FAKIR MOHAMMEDKHAN RASULKHANIndependent · IND1010.0%
  31. 31DINESH KISHANLAL RATHIIndependent · IND950.0%
  32. 32PATANWALA GULABBHAI NURALIBHAIIndependent · IND840.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
+5.3%
BJP share
59.3% → 61.3%
INC share
35.9% → 32.7%
Turnout
37.5% → 26.9%
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