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128. Jamnagar

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Gujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-JAMNAGAR

BJP 50.6%won by 13.2%INC 37.4%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.9% to 13.2%.

  • TurnoutTurnout rose 14.7% to 49.3%.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
9,26,820
Turnout
49.3%
Valid votes
4,56,624
Margin
60,119
13.17%

Candidates

7 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1KORADIA CHANDRESHBHAI VALJIBHAI (CHANDRESH PATEL)Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,31,12450.6%
  2. 2AHIR BHIKHUBHAI VAROTARIAIndian National Congress · INC1,71,00537.4%
  3. 3KARSHANBHAI SAVJIBHAI PARMARJanata Dal · JD32,9717.2%
  4. 4SHAH CHANDRAKANTBHAI KARAMSHIBHAIIndependent · IND7,6361.7%
  5. 5KUNDARIA PRANJIVAN MOHANSamajwadi Party · SP5,4341.2%
  6. 6VAKIL NATHABHAI V.GOHILRPI · RPI4,5901.0%
  7. 7JANI LALITBHAI NAVALSHANKARAJBP · AJBP3,8640.8%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
+6.3%
BJP share
49.6% → 50.6%
INC share
42.7% → 37.4%
Turnout
34.6% → 49.3%
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