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149. Surat

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Gujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-SURAT

BJP 68.8%won by 40.5%INC 28.4%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 35.1% to 40.5%.

  • TurnoutTurnout fell 14.1% to 31.6%.
  • Safe seatBharatiya Janata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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

Electorate
19,50,958
Turnout
31.6%
Valid votes
6,15,730
Margin
2,49,197
40.47%

Candidates

13 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1Kashiram RanaBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,23,77368.8%
  2. 2Rupin Rameshchandra PatchigarIndian National Congress · INC1,74,57628.4%
  3. 3Nakum Balubhai NaththubhaiSamajwadi Party · SP4,6220.8%
  4. 4Govindbhai Laxmanbhai RathodIndependent · IND2,7340.4%
  5. 5Arun KalalShiv Sena · SHS2,7180.4%
  6. 6Vinod NayakBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,0990.3%
  7. 7Nagmal Prabhakar SomaJanata Dal (United) · JDU1,3530.2%
  8. 8Pandya Bhanubhai AmrutlalIndependent · IND9640.2%
  9. 9Patel Bhavinbhai ShantilalJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS7540.1%
  10. 10Bakulaben Ramanlal PatelIndependent · IND7220.1%
  11. 11Rana Manharlal UttambhaiIndependent · IND5260.1%
  12. 12Tanawala Bhupendrabhai ChampaklalIndependent · IND5150.1%
  13. 13Patil Dhanraj ShankarbhaiIndependent · IND3740.1%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
+5.4%
BJP share
65.2% → 68.8%
INC share
30.1% → 28.4%
Turnout
45.6% → 31.6%
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