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Constituency

130. Porbandar

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Gujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-PORBANDAR

BJP 53.1%won by 26.3%INC 26.9%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 25.2% to 26.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.0% between them, down from 92.8% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 21.2% to 54.9%.

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

Electorate
8,81,831
Turnout
54.9%
Valid votes
4,84,512
Margin
1,27,288
26.27%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPINC swing
+1.0%
BJP share
59.0% 53.1%
INC share
33.8% 26.9%
Turnout
33.7% 54.9%