Godhra #18GEN

GUJARAT · Lok Sabha · 1998

Won

Patel Shantilal Parshotamdas

INC Indian National Congress

Margin

39,248 6.4 pp

votes

over Solanki Gopalsinhjee Gulabsinhjee (BJP)

The contest

5 candidate rows

Electors10,02,945

Votes polled6,09,319

Turnout60.8%

NOTA did not exist NOTA was introduced in 2013

Male electors5.2 L51.9% of electorate

Female electors4.83 L48.1% of electorate

Sex ratio 928females per 1,000 males

Poll datenot digitised polling dates are sparse before 2005

5 rows · by votes

#	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
1	Patel Shantilal Parshotamdas	INC	2,00,168	32.90%
2	Solanki Gopalsinhjee Gulabsinhjee	BJP	1,60,920	26.40%
3	Chauhan Chhatrasinh Kalusinh	AIRJP	1,20,409	19.80%
4	Patel Kishorbhai Bhulabhai	JD	64,210	10.50%
5	Pocha Mahmadirfan Yusufbhai	SP	34,990	5.70%

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 28,622, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.

candidates 580,697 · NOTA n/a · published 609,319 · neither convention holds

Reconciliation failed Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1998