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148. Broach

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Gujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-BROACH

BJP 35.9%won by 5.3%GAVP 30.6%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.1% to 5.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerGAVP (GAVP) finished second with 30.6% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.6% between them, down from 88.1% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 14.2% to 43.5%.

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

Electorate
10,28,659
Turnout
43.5%
Valid votes
4,47,123
Margin
23,826
5.33%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPGAVP swing
−40.8%
BJP share
46.1% 35.9%
GAVP share
0.0% 30.6%
Turnout
57.6% 43.5%