Constituency
144. Kaira
Community mirrorGujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-KAIRA
INC 44.3%won by 6.5%BJP 37.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.7% to 6.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 24.5% to 59.6%.
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Electorate
10,36,850
Turnout
59.6%
Valid votes
6,17,614
Margin
40,215
6.51%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1DINSHA PATELIndian National Congress · INC2,73,37244.3%
- 2CHAUHAN PRABHATSINH HATHISINHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,33,15737.8%
- 3SHUKLA MUKESHKUMAR SHANKERLALAIRJP · AIRJP1,03,25616.7%
- 4CHANDUBHAI HATIBHAI PATELIndependent · IND4,1070.7%
- 5RANA SATISHBHAI RAMANBHAIIndependent · IND3,7220.6%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −7.1%
- INC share
- 49.1% → 44.3%
- BJP share
- 35.5% → 37.8%
- Turnout
- 35.1% → 59.6%