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Constituency

134. Dhandhuka

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Gujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-DHANDHUKA

BJP 44.4%won by 2.8%INC 41.6%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.7% to 2.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.9% between them, down from 93.1% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 27.6% to 59.6%.

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

Electorate
9,83,991
Turnout
59.6%
Valid votes
5,86,220
Margin
16,395
2.80%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPINC swing
−6.9%
BJP share
51.4% 44.4%
INC share
41.7% 41.6%
Turnout
31.9% 59.6%