Seat overview · Winners · All candidates
Kaira #19ST
Won
Dinsha Patel
INC Indian National CongressMargin
49,571 13.3 pp
votes
over Dr. K.D. Jeshwani (BJP)
The contest
Electors10,34,342
Votes polled3,71,499
Turnout35.9%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors5.29 L51.2% of electorate
Female electors5.05 L48.8% of electorate
Sex ratio
954females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinsha Patel | INC | 1,78,318 | 48.00% | |
| 2 | Dr. K.D. Jeshwani | BJP | 1,28,747 | 34.70% | |
| 3 | Amarsinhji Bhupatsinhji Vaghela | AIICT | 40,779 | 11.00% | |
| 4 | Pathak Virendra Ramchandra | SS | 1,999 | 0.50% | |
| 5 | Malek Amdumiya Dashotimiya | BSP | 1,969 | 0.50% | |
| 6 | Vaghela Rajeshkumar Lalubhai | IND | 1,789 | 0.50% | |
| 7 | Chauhan Ashvinchandra Ravjibhai (KUMAR) | JD | 1,736 | 0.50% | |
| 8 | Aiyubbhai Nabijibhai Vahora | IND | 1,232 | 0.30% | |
| 9 | Rameshbhai Shankarbhai Patel | IND | 1,162 | 0.30% | |
| 10 | Parmar Kishanbhai Shakrabhai | IND | 1,155 | 0.30% | |
| 11 | Shivabhai Fulabhai Chauhan | IND | 1,089 | 0.30% | |
| 12 | Thakar Sanjaybhai Gunvantbhai | IND | 1,044 | 0.30% | |
| 13 | Hasmukh Shah | IND | 498 | 0.10% | |
| 14 | Desai Hiteshbhai Manubhai | IND | 444 | 0.10% | |
| 15 | Satishbhai Ramanbhai Rana | IND | 359 | 0.10% | |
| 16 | Makwana Ravjibhai Dhulabhai | IND | 334 | 0.10% | |
| 17 | Bipinchandra Soloman Makwana | IND | 332 | 0.10% | |
| 18 | Patel Chandrakantbhai Bhailalbhai | IND | 167 | 0.00% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 8,346, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 363,153 · NOTA n/a · published 371,499 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1996
- Publisher
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- 2026-09-12