Constituency
135. Ahmedabad
Community mirrorGujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-AHMEDABAD
BJP 55.9%won by 21.8%INC 34.1%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.6% to 21.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 21.6% to 48.5%.
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Electorate
12,92,500
Turnout
48.5%
Valid votes
6,27,409
Margin
1,36,813
21.81%
Candidates
8 contested · winner BJP- 1HARIN PATHAKBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,50,69955.9%
- 2HARUBHAI MEHTAIndian National Congress · INC2,13,88634.1%
- 3JAGROOPSINH G. RAJPUT (ADVOCATE)AIRJP · AIRJP51,6568.2%
- 4IIYASBHAI DHAGAWALESamajwadi Party · SP5,6990.9%
- 5IQBAL SHAIKHIndependent · IND2,5290.4%
- 6SHAH KETAN MADHUSUDAN (BAKI)Independent · IND1,2980.2%
- 7ASHVIN SINH WAGHELAIndependent · IND1,1040.2%
- 8KHODIDAS LALJIBHAI DESAIIndependent · IND5380.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −6.8%
- BJP share
- 61.3% → 55.9%
- INC share
- 32.7% → 34.1%
- Turnout
- 26.9% → 48.5%