Seat overview · Winners · All candidates
Godhra #18GEN
Won
Patel Shantilal Parsotamdas
INC Indian National CongressMargin
3,228 1.0 pp
votes
over Vaghela Shankarsinh Laxmansinh (BJP)
The contest
Electors9,98,949
Votes polled3,26,079
Turnout32.6%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors5.18 L51.9% of electorate
Female electors4.81 L48.1% of electorate
Sex ratio
928females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patel Shantilal Parsotamdas | INC | 1,52,586 | 46.80% | |
| 2 | Vaghela Shankarsinh Laxmansinh | BJP | 1,49,358 | 45.80% | |
| 3 | Oza Madhukant Manilal | IND | 2,686 | 0.80% | |
| 4 | Gadhavi Gokulbhai Debhabhai | IND | 2,629 | 0.80% | |
| 5 | Amdavadwala Hasim Fakhruddin | IND | 2,412 | 0.70% | |
| 6 | Patel Ghanshyambhai Sakhidas | IND | 1,919 | 0.60% | |
| 7 | Chaudhary Dharmisthaben Nareshbhai | BSP | 1,594 | 0.50% | |
| 8 | Gaurishankar Mulshankar Joshi | IND | 1,511 | 0.50% | |
| 9 | Ghanshyam Pohumal Kalwani | IND | 1,366 | 0.40% | |
| 10 | Parmar Kalubhai Bhavjibhai | IND | 1,148 | 0.40% | |
| 11 | Solanki Adesinh Galsinh | IND | 757 | 0.20% | |
| 12 | Patel Bhulabhai Naranbhai | AIICT | 635 | 0.20% | |
| 13 | Shaikh A. Latif A. Husen | SP | 445 | 0.10% | |
| 14 | Patel Sumitraben Haridas | IND | 432 | 0.10% | |
| 15 | Patel Jayendrakumar Hirabhai | IND | 322 | 0.10% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 6,279, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 319,800 · NOTA n/a · published 326,079 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1996
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- Election Commission of India
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-12