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136. Gandhinagar

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Gujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-GANDHINAGAR

BJP 33.1%won by 6.6%BJP 26.4%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.4% to 6.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 24.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.5% between them, down from 95.5% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 20.0% to 64.8%.

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

Electorate
7,52,944
Turnout
64.8%
Valid votes
9,79,024
Margin
64,994
6.64%

Candidates

39 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1ATALBIHARI VAJAPAYEEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,23,58333.1%
  2. 2Patel Vijay HarischandraBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,58,58926.4%
  3. 3Rajesh KhannaIndian National Congress · INC1,97,42520.2%
  4. 4POPATLAL V. PATELIndian National Congress · INC1,34,71113.8%
  5. 5Navinbhai P. PatelRJPG · RJPG33,1663.4%
  6. 6PATNI LAXMANBHAI FULJIBHAIAIICT · AIICT3,6210.4%
  7. 7DINESH SHAHRSRP · RSRP3,4770.4%
  8. 8PANDYA YOGESHBHAI RAMANBHAIJanata Dal · JD2,4320.2%
  9. 9KANANI PURUSHOTTAMBHAI DEVJIBHAI (PATEL)ABJS · ABJS1,7360.2%
  10. 10SANJAY MAGANBHAI BAROTIndependent · IND1,7080.2%
  11. 11BABUBHAI GALUBHAI PATNIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,6770.2%
  12. 12PATEL ARVINDBHAI UMEDBHAIBHJS · BHJS1,6270.2%
  13. 13YADAV RAMPRASHAD SHANTILALSamajwadi Party · SP1,4450.1%
  14. 14NATVARBHAI THAKORIndependent · IND1,4300.1%
  15. 15Meenaben JainAkhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha · ABHM1,0430.1%
  16. 16SHAIKH IKBAL ABDULHUQIndependent · IND9550.1%
  17. 17R.R. PRAJAPATISamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP8980.1%
  18. 18NAYANA BHATTIndependent · IND8920.1%
  19. 19THAKOR FULSING JUGATSINHIndependent · IND6980.1%
  20. 20FARIDABANU JAHANGIRKHAN PATHANIndependent · IND6630.1%
  21. 21JAYANTIBHAI MANGALBHAI PARMARIndependent · IND6130.1%
  22. 22DIPAKKUMAR PURUSHOTTAMDAS BRAHAMANIYAIndependent · IND5820.1%
  23. 23PATEL RATILAL CHUNILALIndependent · IND5460.1%
  24. 24BHARATKUMAR RASIKLAL SHAHIndependent · IND5250.1%
  25. 25Aekanad Dr. Bipinchandra D. ShastrijiIndependent · IND4980.1%
  26. 26THAKOR RAMCHANDRA NARAYANJIIndependent · IND4740.0%
  27. 27SunilBhai ShahIndependent · IND4660.0%
  28. 28RANA GHANSHAYAMSINH BHARTHUSINHMSS · MSS4340.0%
  29. 29SUNILBHAI SHAHIndependent · IND3930.0%
  30. 30GUPTA PRAHALADBHAI RATILALIndependent · IND3530.0%
  31. 31RATHI DINESH KISHANLALIndependent · IND3530.0%
  32. 32RameshKumar M. AminIndependent · IND3410.0%
  33. 33MODI KIRTIKUMAR DASHARATHLALIndependent · IND3260.0%
  34. 34PANDYA PRADHUMAN DAHYABHAIGJJP · GJJP2660.0%
  35. 35SANGHVI PRAVINCHANDRA JIVANLALIndependent · IND2470.0%
  36. 36SURESHCHANDRA LALJIBHAI PATELIndependent · IND2400.0%
  37. 37DABHI SHIVUBHA JAWANSINGIndependent · IND2250.0%
  38. 38MARCHANT JAGDEEPBHAI ARVINDBHAIIndependent · IND2040.0%
  39. 39TIWARI KESARBEN MANOJBHAIIndependent · IND1620.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPBJP swing
0.0%
BJP share
58.0% 33.1%
BJP share
58.0% 33.1%
Turnout
44.8% 64.8%