Back to 1996 map
Gujarat · PC 14 · 1996

Banaskantha

Winner — Lok Sabha 1996

B.K. GADHAVI
INC· INC
INC 44.6%BJP 42.1%15 others 13.4%
Votes
2,11,624
44.6% share
Winning margin
11,960
2.5% of votes
Total votes cast
4,74,690
Candidates
17
Seat history

All Candidates

17 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
B.K. GADHAVI
INC
2,11,62444.6%
2
CHAVADA HARISINHJI PRATAPSINHJI
BJP
1,99,66442.1%
3
KESAJI SHIVAJI CHAUHAN
AIIC(T)
48,85910.3%
4
PARMAR VINODBHAI DOLATBHAI
IND
2,5530.5%
5
BAROT BABUJI SHAMJI
IND
2,3580.5%
6
JOSHI RAJENDRAKUMAR CHIMANLAL
1,8070.4%
7
VARAIYA JAYANTILAL SAVJIBHAI
IND
1,5350.3%
8
KHATRI BHAGAVATIBEN KHETSIBHAI
IND
1,1890.3%
9
MAHENDRAKUMAR MAFATLAL THAKKAR
IND
9950.2%
10
DESAI JAYANTILAL GAGALDAS
IND
8550.2%
11
DADUBHA DARBAR
IND
8400.2%
12
KUNVARABHAI VASHARAMBHAI PATEL
IND
8030.2%
13
PANDYA BALDEVBHAI GULABJI
IND
5160.1%
14
DARJI NATVARLAL AMRUTLAL
IND
3890.1%
15
THAKKAR BABULAL DEVARAM
IND
2530.1%
16
BHIL KALABHAI MANGLABHAI
IND
2420.1%
17
THAKAR GANPATLAL KESHAVLAL
IND
2080.0%

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.

Low turnout (25th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
2.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.7% · min 1.1% · max 44.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
51%
lowerhigher
25th of 26

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.90
fewer partiesmore parties
17th of 26

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
20th of 26

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.90EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 44.6%BJP 42.1%AIIC(T) 10.3%OTH 3.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
15,14,190
Density
205 / km²
Sex ratio
964 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,397 km²
SC population8.8%
ST population0.5%

Figures are for Amreli, this seat's primary district — it spans 2 districts.

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 93.2%Muslim 6.5%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water68.2%
Electricity92.9%
Sanitation58.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births90.1%
Children fully vaccinated60.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.3%
Children underweight (under 5)30.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.0%
Women literate77.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.5%
Clean cooking fuel65.6%
Health insurance47.7%

What's nearby?

5 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Beadwork🏺Peanut Based Products
🏛️

Ancient Site Gohilwada Timbo (Mound)

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient Site Gohilwada Timbo (Mound)

🏛️

Ancient Site, Venivadar

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient Site

Fresco on the wall of Kashivisvanath temple

Fresco on the wall of Kashivisvanath temple

🏛️MonumentASI

Fresco on the wall of Kashivisvanath temple

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Ask the state

STATE INDICATORS · RBI 2024-25