Constituency
148. Broach
Community mirrorGujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-BROACH
BJP 35.9%won by 5.3%GAVP 30.6%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya 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%.
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Electorate
10,28,659
Turnout
43.5%
Valid votes
4,47,123
Margin
23,826
5.33%
Candidates
23 contested · winner BJP- 1CHANDUBHAI SHANABHAI DESHMUKHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,60,70035.9%
- 2VASAVA CHHOTUBHAI AMARBHAIGAVP · GAVP1,36,87430.6%
- 3ISHWARBHAI NAROTAMBHAI PATELIndian National Congress · INC1,13,64925.4%
- 4PROF KANAKSINH GOHILIndependent · IND11,9302.7%
- 5DILIPSINHJI GOHIL (GOPALPURAWALA)Independent · IND3,9670.9%
- 6GODIGAIBAR CHHAGANBHAI BABARBHAIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3,7470.8%
- 7SHRI MISTRI PARMANAND D KHARADIIndependent · IND3,7420.8%
- 8KOTHIWALA KHALIK M.R.Independent · IND1,5970.4%
- 9JADAV SOMSINH MANSINHIndependent · IND1,5770.4%
- 10BHAUBHAI C. MARATHAIndependent · IND1,5550.3%
- 11KAHAR KAPILDEV RAMVILASIndependent · IND1,3740.3%
- 12HASLOD MUSABHAI MAHAMADBHAIIndependent · IND8570.2%
- 13MUNAVVAR HUSAIN MIRSAHEB SAIYADIndependent · IND7570.2%
- 14PAINTER RAMNIKBHAI MOHANBHAIIndependent · IND7270.2%
- 15PATEL PUNAMBHAI NATHUBHAIIndependent · IND7240.2%
- 16CHAUDHARY BABUBHAI VANJIBHAIAIICT · AIICT6810.2%
- 17BABUBHAI GIRDHARBHAI DHORAWALAIndependent · IND6250.1%
- 18BHAILAL MANSANG PADHIYARIndependent · IND5800.1%
- 19VASAVA MOHANBHAI JESHANGBHAIIndependent · IND3760.1%
- 20VASAVA GAMBHIRBHAI JERAMBHAIIndependent · IND3280.1%
- 21PRAVINCHANDRA DUNGARSINH LALANIndependent · IND2640.1%
- 22SHAH KAILASHCHANDRA JAMNALALIndependent · IND2630.1%
- 23MANGALBHAI SHANABHAI PATELIndependent · IND2290.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–GAVP swing
- −40.8%
- BJP share
- 46.1% → 35.9%
- GAVP share
- 0.0% → 30.6%
- Turnout
- 57.6% → 43.5%