Constituency
140. Sabarkantha
Community mirrorGujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-SABARKANTHA
INC 41.3%won by 1.4%BJP 39.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.5% to 1.4%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.2% between them, down from 94.8% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 24.7% to 63.9%.
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Electorate
10,94,687
Turnout
63.9%
Valid votes
6,99,106
Margin
9,866
1.41%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1NISHABEN AMARSINHBHAI CHAUDHARIIndian National Congress · INC2,88,75241.3%
- 2KANUBHAI RAVJIBHAI PATELBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,78,88639.9%
- 3MAHARAJA MADHUSUDANSINHJI B. PARMARAIRJP · AIRJP92,41013.2%
- 4RANJITSINH ZALA (LOKSEVAK)Janata Dal · JD31,7754.5%
- 5BABUBHAI SOMABHAI VANKARSamajwadi Party · SP7,2831.0%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −8.0%
- INC share
- 52.1% → 41.3%
- BJP share
- 42.7% → 39.9%
- Turnout
- 39.2% → 63.9%