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Constituency

141. Kapadvanj

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Gujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-KAPADVANJ

BJP 40.0%won by 7.5%INC 32.5%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.5% to 7.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.6% between them, down from 85.6% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 34.5% to 62.1%.

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

Electorate
11,03,937
Turnout
62.1%
Valid votes
6,85,826
Margin
51,294
7.48%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPINC swing
−20.1%
BJP share
56.6% 40.0%
INC share
29.0% 32.5%
Turnout
27.6% 62.1%