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Gujarat Lok Sabha 1996

Results board · 27 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateGujarat
Seats
27
Constituencies
Majority
14
Seats needed of 27
Electors
2.85Cr
Summed over 26 of 27 seats
Votes polled
1.02Cr
Summed over 26 of 27 seats
Median turnout
35.6%
Median of 27 seats
BJP lead
+3
Above majority · 17 − 14

[01]Seat matrix

27 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 27 seats: BJP 17, INC 10. Majority line at 14 seats. Hemicycle of 27 seats: BJP 17, INC 10. Majority line at 14 seats.
Majority · 14 of 27BJP 17 · +3 above majority
BJP 1763.0% Bharatiya Janata Party
INC 1037.0% Indian National Congress

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
BJP 48.5%17 seats · 63.0%
INC 38.7%10 seats · 37.0%
AIIC(T) 1.9%0 seats
GAVP 1.7%0 seats
BSP 0.4%0 seats
Others 8.8%0 seats · 0.0%

Alliances

NDA 48.5%16 seats
UPA 38.7%10 seats
THIRD FRONT 0.5%0 seats
OTHERS 12.3%Seats not published

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. BJP converted 48.5% of votes into 63.0% of seats, a seat premium of 14.5 pp.

    17 ÷ 27 = 63.0% · 63.0 − 48.5 = +14.5

  2. Baroda was decided by 17 votes, the closest of 26 seats; Gandhinagar had the widest margin, 1,88,872.

    min / max of margin over 26 seats with a recorded margin

  3. 2 seats were won by a margin under 1%; BJP won 1 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 2 of 26 · BJP 1

  4. Turnout ran from 27.5% in Ahmedabad to 48.1% in Mandvi; the median seat polled 35.6%.

    min / median / max over 27 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

27 of 27 seats carry a turnout
025507510035.6%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 27100.0% of seats
50–60 00.0% of seats
60–70 00.0% of seats
70–80 00.0% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestAhmedabad27.5%
  • HighestMandvi48.1%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

27 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Gujarat Lok Sabha 1996, all 27 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 KutchSC Gadhvi Pushpadan Shambhudan Bharatiya Janata Party 3,16,711 1,01,972 32.2 38.3
02 Surendranagar Sanat Mehta Indian National Congress 3,63,520 64,852 17.8 38.9
03 Jamnagar Koradia Chandreshbhai Valjibhai(C.PATEL) Bharatiya Janata Party 3,24,518 21,747 6.7 35.6
04 Rajkot Dr. Kathiriya Vallabhbhai Ramjibhai Bharatiya Janata Party 4,16,933 40,820 9.8 30.9
05 Porbandar Javiya Gordhanbhai Jadavbhai Bharatiya Janata Party 3,04,353 75,000 24.6 34.5
06 Junagadh Chikhaliya Bhavnaben Devarajbhai Bharatiya Janata Party 3,37,702 1,08,672 32.2 32.1
07 Amreli Dileep Sanghani Bharatiya Janata Party 3,63,412 1,08,369 29.8 45.1
08 BhavnagarSC Rajendrasinh Ghanshyamsinh Rana Bharatiya Janata Party 4,41,164 7,771 1.8 46.4
09 Dhandhuka Varma Ratilal Kalidas Bharatiya Janata Party 3,19,475 30,229 9.5 32.7
10 Ahmedabad Harin Pathak Bharatiya Janata Party 3,52,150 98,517 28.0 27.5
11 GandhinagarWIDEST Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party 4,98,010 1,88,872 37.9 28.4
12 Mehsana Dr. A.K. Patel Bharatiya Janata Party 4,78,683 1,25,151 26.1 45.1
13 Patan Maheshkumar Mithabhai Kanodia Bharatiya Janata Party 3,13,364 88,823 28.3 32.3
14 Banaskantha B.K. Gadhavi Indian National Congress 4,82,669 11,960 2.5 44.5
15 Sabarkantha Nisha Amarsinh Chaudhary Indian National Congress 4,37,460 40,611 9.3 39.9
16 Kapadvanj Chauhan Jaysinhji Mansingji Bharatiya Janata Party 3,09,748 83,937 27.1 28.1
17 Dahod Damor Somjibhai Punjabhai Indian National Congress 3,08,477 67,582 21.9 30.7
18 Godhra Patel Shantilal Parsotamdas Indian National Congress 3,26,079 3,228 1.0 32.6
19 KairaST Dinsha Patel Indian National Congress 3,71,499 49,571 13.3 35.9
20 Anand Chavda Ishwarbhai Khodabhai Indian National Congress 3,71,592 31,732 8.5 36.5
21 Chhota UdaipurST Rathawa Naranbhai Jemalabhai Indian National Congress 3,50,637 57,906 16.5 37.2
22 BarodaCLOSEST Gaekwad Satyajitsinh Dilipsinh Indian National Congress 4,37,236 17 0.0 31.3
23 BroachST Chandubhai Shanabhai Deshmukh Bharatiya Janata Party 4,58,547 23,826 5.2 44.6
24 Surat Kashiram Rana Bharatiya Janata Party 6,33,385 1,75,261 27.7 33.5
25 Mandvi Gamit Chhitubhai Devjibhai Indian National Congress 5,01,507 30,360 6.1 48.1
26 BulsarST Manibhai Ramjibhai Chaudhari Bharatiya Janata Party 4,29,819 368 0.1 38.0
183 Gandhi NagarGENERAL Patel Vijay Harischandra Bharatiya Janata Party not recorded not recorded not recorded 34.3
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,88,872 votes“not recorded”: the source carries no figure for that seat

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1996 · Gujarat · 27 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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