1989 Indian general election in Gujarat
General elections were held in India in 1989 to elect the members of the 9th Lok Sabha.[1] The incumbent Indian National Congress (I) government under the premiership of Rajiv Gandhi was defeated by the National Front, an alliance forged by Janata Dal, which won a plurality of seats. The alliance formed the government with outside support from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[2][3] V. P. Singh was sworn in as the seventh Prime Minister of India on 2 December 1989. [4]
BJP wins 12 seats, Janata Dal wins 11 and Congress wins 3 seats out of a total of 26 seats.
Party-wise results summary[]
| Party | Seats won | |
|---|---|---|
| BJP | 12 | |
| Janata Dal | 11 | |
| Congress | 3 | |
Results- Constituency wise[]
| No | Constituency | Winner | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kachchh | BABU BHAI MEGHJI SHAH | BJP |
| 2 | Surendranagar | KOLI PATEL SOMABHAI GANDHI | BJP |
| 3 | Jamnagar | KORADIYA CHANDRESH KUMAR VALJIBHAI
(CHANDRESH PATEL) |
BJP |
| 4 | Rajkot | VEKARIA SHIVLAL NAGIBHAI | BJP |
| 5 | Porbandar | MANVAR BALVANTBHAI BACHUBHAI | JD |
| 6 | Junagadh | SHEKHADA GOVINDHHAL KANJIBHAI | JD |
| 7 | Amreli | MANUBHAI KOTADIYA | JD |
| 8 | Bhavnagar | JAMOD SHASHIKANT MAVJIBHAI | INC |
| 9 | Dhandhuka (SC) | RATILAL KALIDAS VERMA | BJP |
| 10 | AHMEDABAD | HARIN PATHAK | BJP |
| 11 | Gandhinagar | VEGHELA SHANKARJI LAXMANJI | BJP |
| 12 | Mahesana | A.K.PATEL | BJP |
| 13 | Patan (SC) | CHAWADA KHEM CHANDBHAI SOMABHAI | JD |
| 14 | BANASKANTHA | SHAH JAYANTILAL VIRCHANDBHAI | JD |
| 15 | SABARKANTHA | MAGANBHAI MANIBHAI PATEL | JD |
| 16 | Kapadvanj | GABHAJI MANGAJI THAKOR | BJP |
| 17 | DOHAD (ST) | SOMAIBAHI DAMOR | INC |
| 18 | Godhra | PATEL SHANTILA PURUSHOTTAMDAS | JD |
| 19 | KAIRA | CHAUHAN PRABHATSINH HATHISINH | JD |
| 20 | Anand | PATEL NATHUBHAI MANIBHAI | BJP |
| 21 | Chota Udaipur (ST) | RAHAWA NARANBHAI JAMALBHAI | JD |
| 22 | BARODA | KOKO ALIAS PRAKASH KANUBHAI BRAHMBHATT | JD |
| 23 | BROACH | DESHMUKH CHANDUBHAI SHAMBHAI | BJP |
| 24 | Surat | KASHIRAM RANA | BJP |
| 25 | MANDAVI (ST) | GHAMIT CHHITUBHAI DEVIBHAI | INC |
| 26 | BULSAR (ST) | AJUNBHAI LALLUBHAI PATEL | JD |
References[]
- ^ "Elections 1989: Congress(I) faces prospect of being routed in Bihar".
- ^ "V. P. Singh, a Leader of India Who Defended Poor, Dies at 77". The New York Times. 29 November 2008.
- ^ Indian Parliamentary Democracy. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. 2003. p. 124. ISBN 978-81-269-0193-7.
- ^ "Elections in Gujarat in 1989".
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