Constituency
136. Gandhinagar
Community mirrorGujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-GANDHINAGAR
BJP 33.1%won by 6.6%BJP 26.4%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya 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- 1ATALBIHARI VAJAPAYEEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,23,58333.1%
- 2Patel Vijay HarischandraBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,58,58926.4%
- 3Rajesh KhannaIndian National Congress · INC1,97,42520.2%
- 4POPATLAL V. PATELIndian National Congress · INC1,34,71113.8%
- 5Navinbhai P. PatelRJPG · RJPG33,1663.4%
- 6PATNI LAXMANBHAI FULJIBHAIAIICT · AIICT3,6210.4%
- 7DINESH SHAHRSRP · RSRP3,4770.4%
- 8PANDYA YOGESHBHAI RAMANBHAIJanata Dal · JD2,4320.2%
- 9KANANI PURUSHOTTAMBHAI DEVJIBHAI (PATEL)ABJS · ABJS1,7360.2%
- 10SANJAY MAGANBHAI BAROTIndependent · IND1,7080.2%
- 11BABUBHAI GALUBHAI PATNIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,6770.2%
- 12PATEL ARVINDBHAI UMEDBHAIBHJS · BHJS1,6270.2%
- 13YADAV RAMPRASHAD SHANTILALSamajwadi Party · SP1,4450.1%
- 14NATVARBHAI THAKORIndependent · IND1,4300.1%
- 15Meenaben JainAkhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha · ABHM1,0430.1%
- 16SHAIKH IKBAL ABDULHUQIndependent · IND9550.1%
- 17R.R. PRAJAPATISamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP8980.1%
- 18NAYANA BHATTIndependent · IND8920.1%
- 19THAKOR FULSING JUGATSINHIndependent · IND6980.1%
- 20FARIDABANU JAHANGIRKHAN PATHANIndependent · IND6630.1%
- 21JAYANTIBHAI MANGALBHAI PARMARIndependent · IND6130.1%
- 22DIPAKKUMAR PURUSHOTTAMDAS BRAHAMANIYAIndependent · IND5820.1%
- 23PATEL RATILAL CHUNILALIndependent · IND5460.1%
- 24BHARATKUMAR RASIKLAL SHAHIndependent · IND5250.1%
- 25Aekanad Dr. Bipinchandra D. ShastrijiIndependent · IND4980.1%
- 26THAKOR RAMCHANDRA NARAYANJIIndependent · IND4740.0%
- 27SunilBhai ShahIndependent · IND4660.0%
- 28RANA GHANSHAYAMSINH BHARTHUSINHMSS · MSS4340.0%
- 29SUNILBHAI SHAHIndependent · IND3930.0%
- 30GUPTA PRAHALADBHAI RATILALIndependent · IND3530.0%
- 31RATHI DINESH KISHANLALIndependent · IND3530.0%
- 32RameshKumar M. AminIndependent · IND3410.0%
- 33MODI KIRTIKUMAR DASHARATHLALIndependent · IND3260.0%
- 34PANDYA PRADHUMAN DAHYABHAIGJJP · GJJP2660.0%
- 35SANGHVI PRAVINCHANDRA JIVANLALIndependent · IND2470.0%
- 36SURESHCHANDRA LALJIBHAI PATELIndependent · IND2400.0%
- 37DABHI SHIVUBHA JAWANSINGIndependent · IND2250.0%
- 38MARCHANT JAGDEEPBHAI ARVINDBHAIIndependent · IND2040.0%
- 39TIWARI KESARBEN MANOJBHAIIndependent · IND1620.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–BJP swing
- 0.0%
- BJP share
- 58.0% → 33.1%
- BJP share
- 58.0% → 33.1%
- Turnout
- 44.8% → 64.8%