1996 Indian general election in Gujarat

General elections were held in India in 1996 to elect the members of the 11th Lok Sabha.The election produced a hung parliament with no single party having a clear majority. Bharatiya Janata Party, the largest party, formed a short-lived government under the premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. United Front secured majority support resulting in H. D. Deve Gowda of Janata Dal succeeding Vajpayee and being the 11th Prime Minister of India, before eventually being replaced by I. K. Gujral, another United Front leader. Despite that, the country returned to the polls in 1998.[1] Congress wins ten seats, BJP wins sixteen.

Results

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Party-wise

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Party Seats Popular Vote
Contested Won +/- Votes % +/-
Bharatiya Janata Party 26 16  4 48,54,432 48.28  2.09
Indian National Congress 26 10  5 38,70,497 38.69  9.7
All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) 19 0 New 1,87,739 1.88 New
Independents (politician) 414 0   7,48,443 7.48  4.6

Constituency wise

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No. Constituency Type Name of Elected M.P. Party affiliation
1 Kutch GEN Pushpdan Shambhudan Gadhavi Bharatiya Janata Party
2 Surendranagar GEN Sanat Mehta Indian National Congress
3 Jamnagar GEN Chandresh Patel Kordia Bharatiya Janata Party
4 Rajkot GEN Vallabhbhai Kathiria
5 Porbandar GEN Gordhanbhai Javia
6 Junagadh GEN Bhavna Chikhalia
7 Amreli GEN Dileep Sanghani
8 Bhavnagar GEN Rajendrasinh Rana
9 Dhandhuka SC Ratilal Kalidas Varma
10 Ahmedabad GEN Harin Pathak
11 Gandhinagar GEN Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Vijaybhai Patel (By Poll)
12 Mehsana GEN A.K. Patel
13 Patan SC Mahesh Kanodia
14 Banaskantha GEN B.K. Gadhvi Indian National Congress
15 Sabarkantha GEN Nisha Chaudhary
16 Kapadvanj GEN Jaysinhji Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party
17 Dohad ST Damor Somjibhai Punjabhai Indian National Congress
18 Godhra GEN Shantilal Patel
19 Kaira GEN Dinsha Patel
20 Anand GEN Ishwarbhai Chavda
21 Chhota Udaipur ST Naranbhai Rathwa
22 Baroda GEN Satyajitsinh Gaekwad
23 Broach GEN Chandubhai Deshmukh Bharatiya Janata Party
24 Surat GEN Kashiram Rana
25 Mandvi ST Chhitubhai Gamit Indian National Congress
26 Bulsar ST Manibhai Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party

References

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  1. ^ "Elections in Gujarat in 1996".