Constituency
147. Baroda
Community mirrorGujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-BARODA
BJP 49.4%won by 6.7%INC 42.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 6.7%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 31.0% to 49.4% of the vote here (+18.4%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.0% of the vote between them, up from 61.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 25.6% to 56.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
14,04,448
Turnout
56.0%
Valid votes
7,85,724
Margin
52,417
6.67%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BJP- 1THAKKAR JAYABEN BHARATKUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,87,79849.4%
- 2GAEKWAD SATYAJITSINH DULEEPSINHIndian National Congress · INC3,35,38142.7%
- 3GAEKWAD DEVIYANIDEVI ASHOKRAJEAIRJP · AIRJP52,9096.7%
- 4BHARWAD RANUBHAI BHIKHABHAISamajwadi Party · SP5,4640.7%
- 5RASTE JANARDAN GOPALAJBP · AJBP2,9920.4%
- 6GANDOTRA S.M.Independent · IND1,1800.2%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +6.7%
- BJP share
- 31.0% → 49.4%
- INC share
- 31.0% → 42.7%
- Turnout
- 30.3% → 56.0%