Constituency
133. Bhavnagar
Community mirrorGujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999
IN-BHAVNAGAR
BJP 61.0%won by 23.3%INC 37.7%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.5% to 23.3%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.7% of the vote between them, up from 91.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 13.5% to 42.5%.
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Electorate
10,23,921
Turnout
42.5%
Valid votes
4,35,165
Margin
1,01,353
23.29%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BJP- 1Rana Rajendrasinh Ghanshyamsinh (Rajubhai Rana)Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,65,44661.0%
- 2Gohil Dilipsinh Ajitsinh (Dilipsinh Gohil)Indian National Congress · INC1,64,09337.7%
- 3Arjun B NetaravalaRPI · RPI2,4130.6%
- 4Makwana Rameshbhai KurjibhaiSamajwadi Party · SP1,2650.3%
- 5Ishwarbhai Chhaganbhai MakwanaIndependent · IND1,2600.3%
- 6Hiteshkumar PadamkantIndependent · IND6880.2%
Since 1998
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- +8.8%
- BJP share
- 53.0% → 61.0%
- INC share
- 38.5% → 37.7%
- Turnout
- 56.0% → 42.5%