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Constituency

140. Sabarkantha

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Gujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-SABARKANTHA

INC 41.3%won by 1.4%BJP 39.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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%.

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

Electorate
10,94,687
Turnout
63.9%
Valid votes
6,99,106
Margin
9,866
1.41%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−8.0%
INC share
52.1% 41.3%
BJP share
42.7% 39.9%
Turnout
39.2% 63.9%