Who won Gandevi in the 1998 Assembly election?

PATEL KARSANBHAI BHIKHABHAI of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Gandevi in the 1998 Assembly election with 48,799 votes (53.1% vote share), a margin of 8,822 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

175. Gandevi

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1998

GJ-GANDEVI

BJP 53.1%won by 9.6%INC 43.5%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 43.0% to 9.6%.

Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.6% of the vote between them, up from 88.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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Electorate

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Turnout

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Valid votes

91,892

Margin

8,822

9.60%

Candidates

4 contested · winner BJP

1PATEL KARSANBHAI BHIKHABHAI Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP48,79953.1%
2PATEL GOVINDBHAI THAKORBHAI Indian National Congress · INC39,97743.5%
3PATEL DALPATBHAI GOPALBHAI Independent · IND2,3632.6%
4PATEL AMRUTBHAI PURUSHOTTAM AIRJP · AIRJP7530.8%

Since 1995

Derived

Winner then: BJP
Winner now: BJP
BJP–INC swing: −33.4%
BJP share: 66.0% → 53.1%
INC share: 23.0% → 43.5%
Turnout: — → —

174. Navsari 176. Chikhli

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