Constituency
142. Dohad
Community mirrorGujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-DOHAD
INC 53.4%won by 22.1%BJP 31.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 22.5% to 22.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.7% between them, down from 92.2% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 21.1% to 50.9%.
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Electorate
10,15,317
Turnout
50.9%
Valid votes
5,16,976
Margin
1,14,280
22.11%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1DAMOR SOMJIBHAI PUNJABHAIIndian National Congress · INC2,76,01153.4%
- 2DAMOR TERSINHBHAI BADIABHAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,61,73131.3%
- 3DR. DEVISINH VIRSINH ROZAIRJP · AIRJP55,43410.7%
- 4DAMOR VAJESINGBHAI REVALABHAIJanata Dal · JD20,4824.0%
- 5BHABHOR JAGAJIBHAI MOTIBHAISamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP3,3180.6%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −0.4%
- INC share
- 57.4% → 53.4%
- BJP share
- 34.8% → 31.3%
- Turnout
- 29.8% → 50.9%