1998 Indian general election in Gujarat

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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[]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Elections in Gujarat in 1998".


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