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Gujarat · PC 11 · 1996 by-election
GandhinagarLok Sabha by-election result, 1996
Patel Vijay Harischandra (BJP) won Gandhinagar in the 1996 Lok Sabha by-election with 52.6% of the vote, beating Rajesh Khanna (INC) by 61,164 votes.
Winner — 1996 by-election
Patel Vijay Harischandra
BJP 52.6%INC 40.2%5 others 7.2%
Votes
2,58,589
52.6% share
Winning margin
61,164
12.4% of votes
Total votes cast
4,91,528
Candidates
7
Seat history
All Candidates
7 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patel Vijay Harischandra | 2,58,58952.6% | |
| 2 | Rajesh Khanna | 1,97,42540.2% | |
| 3 | Navinbhai P. Patel RJP(G) | RJP(G) | 33,1666.8% |
| 4 | Meenaben Jain ABHM | ABHM | 1,0430.2% |
| 5 | Aekanad Dr. Bipinchandra D. Shastriji IND | IND | 4980.1% |
| 6 | SunilBhai Shah IND | IND | 4660.1% |
| 7 | RameshKumar M. Amin IND | IND | 3410.1% |
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
A clear win, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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12.4%
winning margin, share of votes
How many people voted?
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28%
of registered voters
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How many parties were really in the race?
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Essentially two
BJP and INC took 93% of the votes.
Effective number of parties: 2.26 — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How often does it back the winner?
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…How did the vote split?
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52.6%won by BJP
BJP 52.6%INC 40.2%RJP(G) 6.8%Others 0.5%
This seat number was reused from 2009. The district and local data on file describe the seat as contested from 2009, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
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