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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1998

182 seats · 68 changed party since 1995

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Party standings

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1998 · 6 parties won seats

Derived
Bharatiya Janata Party — 117 seatsIndian National Congress — 53 seatsAIRJP — 4 seatsJanata Dal — 4 seatsIndependent — 3 seatsSamajwadi Party — 1 seat92182of 182 seats
  • BJP117
  • INC53
  • AIRJP4
  • JD4
  • IND3
  • SP1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
BJPBharatiya Janata Party11764%73,00,82644.8%182
INCIndian National Congress5329%56,77,38634.8%179
AIRJPAIRJP42%19,02,17111.7%168
JDJanata Dal42%4,29,2832.6%91
INDIndependent32%8,54,1425.2%415
SPSamajwadi Party11%64,9130.4%33

+ 13 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Gujarat Assembly Election, 1998 · winner by seat

182 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 92

1998 · selected
Majority 92
BJP117INC53AIRJP4JD4IND3SP1
1995 · previous
Majority 92

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1995 → 1998

1995 1998· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
42.5
44.8
32.9
34.8
0.0
11.7
18.7
5.2
BJPINCAIRJPIND

Seat change

1998 seats minus 1995 seats

seats lostseats gained
BJP
121 → 117
−4
INC
45 → 53
+8
AIRJP
0 → 4
+4
JD
0 → 4
+4
IND
16 → 3
−13
SP
0 → 1
+1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1995 → 1998

share lostshare gained
AIRJP
0.0% → 11.7%
+11.7%
BJP
42.5% → 44.8%
+2.3%
INC
32.9% → 34.8%
+2.0%
SP
0.1% → 0.4%
+0.3%
DDP
0.7% → 0.0%
−0.7%
BSP
1.6% → 0.1%
−1.5%
IND
18.7% → 5.2%
−13.5%

Biggest BJP–INC swings

Seats where the BJP-vs-INC vote gap moved most, 1995 → 1998. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (BJP share − INC share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward BJP; to the left, toward INC.

toward INCtoward BJP
Rajula
+61.2%
Jetpur
−57.4%
Devgadh Baria
−51.8%
Junagadh
+48.9%
Rajgadh
−47.0%
Ghogho
+44.5%
Dwarka
+44.2%
Nijhar
−43.9%
Visavadar
+40.7%
Vagra
−40.7%
Bavla
−39.8%
Rajkot-Ii
+39.3%

All constituencies · 1998

182 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1995