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131. Junagadh

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Gujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-JUNAGADH

BJP 53.5%won by 15.1%INC 38.3%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 32.9% to 15.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 25.0% to 56.3%.

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

Electorate
10,58,322
Turnout
56.3%
Valid votes
5,96,139
Margin
90,311
15.15%

Candidates

6 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1CHIKHALIYA BHAVANABEN DEVRAJBHAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,18,66753.5%
  2. 2JORA JETHALAL RANABHAIIndian National Congress · INC2,28,35638.3%
  3. 3PANSURIYA AMRUTLAL SIDIBHAIAIRJP · AIRJP36,3626.1%
  4. 4SIDA HUSAIN ISMAILIndependent · IND4,8100.8%
  5. 5NANDANIYA VIRAM SARMANSamajwadi Party · SP4,3770.7%
  6. 6LAKHANI ODHAVJIBHAI VASHRAMBHAIIndependent · IND3,5670.6%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−17.8%
BJP share
61.4% → 53.5%
INC share
28.5% → 38.3%
Turnout
31.4% → 56.3%
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