Election
Constituency

136. Gandhinagar

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Gujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-GANDHINAGAR

BJP 61.1%won by 25.5%INC 35.7%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.6% to 25.5%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.8% of the vote between them, up from 89.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 10.3% to 40.4%.

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

Electorate
18,33,844
Turnout
40.4%
Valid votes
7,41,260
Margin
1,88,944
25.49%

Candidates

8 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1Lal Krishna Advani (L K Advani)Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,53,22961.1%
  2. 2T N SeshanIndian National Congress · INC2,64,28535.7%
  3. 3Sunilbhai Nareshchandra ShahIndependent · IND9,9381.3%
  4. 4Mod Shankarbhai DaljibhaiSamajwadi Party · SP5,2560.7%
  5. 5Mehmudaben Riyazbhai MunshiIndependent · IND3,5910.5%
  6. 6Prajapati Kantibhai HarjivandasIndependent · IND2,4630.3%
  7. 7Thakor Ramchandra NarayanjiIndependent · IND1,3090.2%
  8. 8Agrawal Prahlad RalliramIndependent · IND1,1890.2%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−5.1%
BJP share
59.9% → 61.1%
INC share
29.3% → 35.7%
Turnout
50.7% → 40.4%
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