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Constituency

142. Dohad

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Gujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-DOHAD

INC 53.4%won by 22.1%BJP 31.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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%.

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

Electorate
10,15,317
Turnout
50.9%
Valid votes
5,16,976
Margin
1,14,280
22.11%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−0.4%
INC share
57.4% 53.4%
BJP share
34.8% 31.3%
Turnout
29.8% 50.9%