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
Party-wise
Party | Seats | Popular Vote | |||||
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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
No. | Constituency | Type | Name of Elected M.P. | Party affiliation | |
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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
- ^ "Elections in Gujarat in 1996".
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