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Gujarat · PC 23 · 1998 by-election

BroachLok Sabha by-election result, 1998

Mansukhbhai Vasava (BJP) won Broach in the 1998 Lok Sabha by-election with 42.6% of the vote, beating Kakuji Iqbalbhai Mohmedbhai (Iqbal Kakuji) (INC) by 51,488 votes.

Winner — 1998 by-election

Mansukhbhai Vasava
BJP 42.6%INC 34.3%7 others 23.1%
Votes
2,63,499
42.6% share
Winning margin
51,488
8.3% of votes
Total votes cast
6,18,032
Candidates
9
Seat history

All Candidates

9 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
Mansukhbhai Vasava
2,63,49942.6%
2
Kakuji Iqbalbhai Mohmedbhai (Iqbal Kakuji)
2,12,01134.3%
3
Vasava Chhotubhai Amarsang
1,39,16022.5%
4
Vasava Dineshbhai Shivabhai
IND
IND
9470.1%
5
Saiyed Mohammed Saieed Mohammed Sab
IND
IND
6480.1%
6
Patel Shashikantbhai Bhagavandas
IND
IND
5260.1%
7
A. Latif A. Gani Shaikh (Advocate)
IND
IND
4330.1%
8
Pathan Salimkhan Alikhan
IND
IND
4320.1%
9
Vasava Bachubhai
IND
IND
3760.1%

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, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

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8.3%

winning margin, share of votes

How many people voted?

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58%

of registered voters

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How many parties were really in the race?

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Two or three

BJP, INC and JD took 99% of the votes.

Effective number of parties: 2.86 — 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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42.6%won by BJP
BJP 42.6%INC 34.3%JD 22.5%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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