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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 64

SarkhejAssembly by-election result, 1997

Amit Anilchandra Shah (Amit Shah) (BJP) won Sarkhej in the 1997 assembly by-election with 56.1% of the vote, beating Dinesh Ataji Thakor (INC) by 24,482 votes.

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Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1975 election. In 1972, seat no. 64 was Jamalpur. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2007. From 2012, seat no. 64 is Dhrangadhra. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.

Winner

Amit Anilchandra Shah (Amit Shah)
BJP
BJP 56.1%INC 38.2%7 others 5.7%
Votes
76,839
56.1% share
Winning margin
24,482
17.9% of votes
Candidates
9

A comfortable win — Amit Anilchandra Shah (Amit Shah) won by 17.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
Amit Anilchandra Shah (Amit Shah)
BJP
BJP
76,83956.1%
2
Dinesh Ataji Thakor
INC
INC
52,35738.2%
3
Patel Chaturbhai Govindbhai
IND
IND
3,0852.3%
4
Dr. Mafatlal Patel
IND
IND
2,9722.2%
5
Thakor Babuji Manaji
IND
IND
7590.6%
6
Harshad Dave (Civil Engineer)
IND
IND
3540.3%
7
Jagdish Arvindbhai Merchant
IND
IND
2270.2%
8
Thakor Ramaji Jenaji
IND
IND
2120.1%
9
Aikanad Doctor Bipinchandra Shastriji (Advocate)
IND
IND
1720.1%

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A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
17.9%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
Essentially two

BJP and INC took 94% of the votes.

Parties in the race 2.17

How did the vote split?

SEAT
56.1%won by BJP
BJP 56.1%INC 38.2%Others 5.7%

This seat number was reused from 2012. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2012, so they are not shown for earlier elections.

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Who has won Sarkhej, 1975–2007

  1. 1975CHAUHAN BHAVANSING KHODAJI (BJS), margin 36.6%
  2. 1980HARISHANKER PANDYA (INC(I)), margin 15.2%
  3. 1985NALIN K. PATEL (INC), margin 32.7%
  4. 1990PATEL HARISHCHANDRA LAVJIBHAI (BJP), margin 14.3%
  5. 1995PATEL HARISHCHANDRA LAVJIBHAI (BJP), margin 40.5%
  6. 1998SHAH AMIT ANILCHANDRA (AMIT SHAH) (BJP), margin 47.8%
  7. 2002AMITBHAI ANILCHANDRA SHAH (AMIT SHAH) (BJP), margin 36.7%
  8. 2007AMIT SHAH (BJP), margin 39.3%