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Constituency

126. Kutch

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Gujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-KUTCH

BJP 48.6%won by 13.2%INC 35.4%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya 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%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPINC swing
−19.9%
BJP share
62.7% 48.6%
INC share
29.7% 35.4%
Turnout
37.3% 55.9%