1998 Indian general election in Gujarat
General elections were held in India in 1998 to constitute the 12th Lok Sabha, after the government led by I. K. Gujral collapsed when Indian National Congress (INC) withdrew support in November 1997.[1] The outcome of the new elections was once again indecisive, with no party or alliance able to muster a majority. Turnout for the election was 61.97%. [2] BJP once again wins Nineteen seats but Congress also wins seven-seat out of a total of twenty-six seats.
Party-wise results summary[]
| Party | Seats won | |
|---|---|---|
| BJP | 19 | |
| Indian National Congress | 7 | |
Results- Constituency wise[]
| No | Constituency | Winner | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kachchh | GADHVI PUSHPADAN SHAMBHUDAN | BJP |
| 2 | Surendranagar | DAVE BHAVNABEN KARDAMKUMAR | BJP |
| 3 | Jamnagar | KORADIA CHANDRESHBHAI VALJIBHAI
(CHANDRESH PATEL) |
BJP |
| 4 | Rajkot | DR.KATHIRIYA VALLABHBHAI RAMJIBHAI | BJP |
| 5 | Porbandar | JAVIYA GORDHANBHAI JADAVBHAI | BJP |
| 6 | Junagadh | CHIKHALIYA BHAVANABEN DEVRAJBHAI | BJP |
| 7 | Amreli | DILEEP SANGHANI | BJP |
| 8 | Bhavnagar | RANA RAJENDRASINH GHANSHYAMSINH
(RAJUBHAI RANA) |
BJP |
| 9 | Dhandhuka (SC) | VARMA RATILAL KALIDAS | BJP |
| 10 | AHMEDABAD | HARIN PATHAK | BJP |
| 11 | Gandhinagar | ADVANI LALKRISHNA | BJP |
| 12 | Mahesana | DR. A.K.PATEL | BJP |
| 13 | Patan (SC) | KANODIYA MAHESH KUMAR MITHABHAI | BJP |
| 14 | BANASKANTHA | CHAUDHARI HARIBHAI PARATHIBHAI | BJP |
| 15 | SABARKANTHA | NISHABEN AMARSINHBHAI CHAUDHARI | INC |
| 16 | Kapadvanj | CHAUHAN JAYSINHJI MANSHINGJI | BJP |
| 17 | DOHAD (ST) | DAMOR SOMJIBHAI PUNJABHAI | INC |
| 18 | Godhra | PATEL SHANTILAL PARSHOTAMDAS | INC |
| 19 | KAIRA | DINSHA PATEL | INC |
| 20 | Anand | CHAVDA ISHVARBHAI KHODABHAI | INC |
| 21 | Chota Udaipur (ST) | NARANBHAI JEMALABHAI RATHAWA | INC |
| 22 | BARODA | THAKKAR JAYABEN BHARATKUMAR | BJP |
| 23 | BROACH | CHANDUBHAI SHANABHAI DESHMUKH | BJP |
| 24 | Surat | KASHIRAM RANA | BJP |
| 25 | MANDAVI (ST) | GAMIT CHHITUBHAI DEVJIBHAI | INC |
| 26 | BULSAR (ST) | CHAUDHARI MANIBHAI RAMJIBHAI | BJP |
References[]
- ^ "Government Falls, Indian Premier Quits; Coalition Splits Amid Gandhi Assassination Debate - The Washington Post - HighBeam Research". 3 November 2012. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ "Elections in Gujarat in 1998".
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