Constituency
141. Kapadvanj
Community mirrorGujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-KAPADVANJ
BJP 40.0%won by 7.5%INC 32.5%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya 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%.
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Electorate
11,03,937
Turnout
62.1%
Valid votes
6,85,826
Margin
51,294
7.48%
Candidates
4 contested · winner BJP- 1CHAUHAN JAYSINHJI MANSHINGJIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,74,50740.0%
- 2JAGADISHBHAI MOTIJI THAKORIndian National Congress · INC2,23,21332.5%
- 3PROF.KISHORSINH SOLANKIAIRJP · AIRJP1,81,75126.5%
- 4GAUSWAMI DASHARATHPURI DAHYAPURIJanata Dal · JD6,3550.9%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −20.1%
- BJP share
- 56.6% → 40.0%
- INC share
- 29.0% → 32.5%
- Turnout
- 27.6% → 62.1%