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137. Mehsana

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Gujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-MEHSANA

BJP 56.3%won by 26.6%INC 29.7%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.1% to 26.6%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.0% between them, down from 92.9% — the field split more ways.
  • Safe seatBharatiya Janata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
10,60,992
Turnout
44.3%
Valid votes
4,70,268
Margin
1,25,151
26.61%

Candidates

32 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1DR. A.K. PATELBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,64,74056.3%
  2. 2PATEL MANILAL VIRCHANDDASIndian National Congress · INC1,39,58929.7%
  3. 3THAKUR MATHURJI PUNJAJIIndependent · IND42,0028.9%
  4. 4PRAJAPATI BABUBHAI AMBALALIndependent · IND1,9590.4%
  5. 5RAMESH KUMAR KHANCHAND MAKWANABahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,5240.3%
  6. 6PATEL RATILAL CHUNILALIndependent · IND1,4520.3%
  7. 7PANCHOTIYA SHARADDHABEN VITTHALDASJanata Dal · JD1,3510.3%
  8. 8TRIVEDI GIJUBHAI GOVARDHANRAMRSRP · RSRP1,2230.3%
  9. 9PATHAN IBRAHIMKHAN JIVANKHANIndependent · IND9920.2%
  10. 10PATEL VITTHALBHAI KESHAVLALIndependent · IND9860.2%
  11. 11PATEL DASHARATHBHAI SOMADASIndependent · IND9680.2%
  12. 12KADIA RAVISHANKAR HIRABHAIIndependent · IND9410.2%
  13. 13GARASIYA LAXMANJI MEKSANJIABJS · ABJS9340.2%
  14. 14VAGHARI GOVABHAI HARIBHAIIndependent · IND8880.2%
  15. 15DESAI MOTIBHAI KUNVARJIBHAISamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP8650.2%
  16. 16CHAUDHARY MANILAL MOTIBHAIIndependent · IND8580.2%
  17. 17PRAJAPATI ASHOKKUMAR NATHALALIndependent · IND7350.2%
  18. 18THAKOR CHUNAJI LAKHAJIAIICT · AIICT7250.2%
  19. 19DABHI JASHVANTSINH AMARSINHIndependent · IND7080.2%
  20. 20CHAVADA JASHAVANTSINH JUVANSINHIndependent · IND6650.1%
  21. 21DASADIYA IBRAHIMBHAI ALADBHAIIndependent · IND6520.1%
  22. 22RAVAL MELABHAI RAVABHAIIndependent · IND6480.1%
  23. 23PATEL PRAHLADBHAI HARGOVANDASIndependent · IND6150.1%
  24. 24NASIBKHAN PATHANBMSM · BMSM6000.1%
  25. 25DABHI SHIVUBHA JAVANSINHIndependent · IND5530.1%
  26. 26SONI RAMESHKUMAR KESHAVLALIndependent · IND5090.1%
  27. 27MAHESHVRI HARISHKUMAR CHATURBHUJIndependent · IND4820.1%
  28. 28PRAJAPATI AMARATBHAI AMBALALIndependent · IND4810.1%
  29. 29CHAUDHARY ABHERAJBHAI FALJIBHAIIndependent · IND4760.1%
  30. 30PATEL KIRTIKUMAR KASHIRAMIndependent · IND4710.1%
  31. 31PATEL NATVARLAL TRIBHOVANDASSIndependent · IND3950.1%
  32. 32MODI JASHVANTLAL BABULALIndependent · IND2810.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
+8.5%
BJP share
55.5% → 56.3%
INC share
37.4% → 29.7%
Turnout
44.7% → 44.3%
136. Gandhinagar138. Patan
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