Constituency
126. Kutch
Community mirrorGujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-KUTCH
BJP 48.6%won by 13.2%INC 35.4%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.0% to 13.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.0% between them, down from 92.4% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 18.6% to 55.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
8,27,837
Turnout
55.9%
Valid votes
4,62,721
Margin
61,025
13.19%
Candidates
5 contested · winner BJP- 1GADHVI PUSHPADAN SHAMBHUDANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,24,79548.6%
- 2MAHESHBHAI THAKKARIndian National Congress · INC1,63,77035.4%
- 3CHAMPAKLAL CHUNILAL SHAHAIRJP · AIRJP68,49914.8%
- 4SHASHIKANT JERAMBHAI THAKKARRPI · RPI3,9220.8%
- 5HIRJIBHAI GOVIND HADIYA (AAHIR)Independent · IND1,7350.4%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −19.9%
- BJP share
- 62.7% → 48.6%
- INC share
- 29.7% → 35.4%
- Turnout
- 37.3% → 55.9%