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129. Rajkot

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Gujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-RAJKOT

BJP 72.3%won by 53.3%AIRJP 19.0%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.1% to 53.3%.

  • New challengerAIRJP (AIRJP) finished second with 19.0% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 18.7% to 48.8%.

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

Electorate
13,61,996
Turnout
48.8%
Valid votes
6,64,187
Margin
3,54,187
53.33%

Candidates

4 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1DR.KATHIRIYA VALLABHBHAI RAMJIBHAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,80,31672.3%
  2. 2RADADIYA VITHALBHAI HANSRAJBHAIAIRJP · AIRJP1,26,12919.0%
  3. 3PRATAPBHAI JAYESHBHAI CHEKHALIYAIndependent · IND29,6264.5%
  4. 4CHINOY MEHUL HEMENDRA (ADVOCATE)Janata Dal · JD28,1164.2%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–AIRJP swing
+1.4%
BJP share
51.9% → 72.3%
AIRJP share
0.0% → 19.0%
Turnout
30.0% → 48.8%
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