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Constituency

138. Patan

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Gujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-PATAN

BJP 58.8%won by 28.9%INC 29.9%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.6% to 28.9%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 29.9% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.8% between them, down from 94.8% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 9.3% to 31.6%.

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

Electorate
9,71,332
Turnout
31.6%
Valid votes
3,07,253
Margin
88,823
28.91%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPINC swing
−24.3%
BJP share
53.2% 58.8%
INC share
0.0% 29.9%
Turnout
41.0% 31.6%