Bhavnagar #8SC

GUJARAT · Lok Sabha · 1996

Won

Rajendrasinh Ghanshyamsinh Rana

BJP Bharatiya Janta Party

Margin

7,771 1.8 pp

votes

over Purshottam Odhavji Solanki (IND)

The contest

33 candidate rows

Electors9,49,885

Votes polled4,41,164

Turnout46.4%

NOTA did not exist NOTA was introduced in 2013

Male electors4.94 L52.0% of electorate

Female electors4.56 L48.0% of electorate

Sex ratio 923females per 1,000 males

Poll datenot digitised polling dates are sparse before 2005

33 rows · by votes

#	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
1	Rajendrasinh Ghanshyamsinh Rana	BJP	1,49,177	33.80%
2	Purshottam Odhavji Solanki	IND	1,41,406	32.10%
3	Gohil Dilipsinh Ajitsinh	INC	1,02,212	23.20%
4	Mohanbhai D. Patel	JD	5,649	1.30%
5	Chauhan Bachubhai Arjan	SS	5,597	1.30%
6	Aryadut Manubhai	IND	2,936	0.70%
7	Anantsinh Prabhatsinh Solanki	IND	1,844	0.40%
8	Ahir Hamubhai Unadbhai	IND	1,700	0.40%
9	Kasambhai Saiyad	IND	1,538	0.30%
10	Jj Zala	IND	1,534	0.30%
11	Lattaben Ashokkumar Shukla	IND	1,459	0.30%
12	Mehta Sureshchandra Natwarlal	IND	1,390	0.30%
13	Harshad Makwana	IND	1,375	0.30%
14	Rathod Natubhai Samjibhai	IND	1,326	0.30%
15	Tarmamad Dokadiya	IND	1,094	0.20%
16	Vaghani Jivraj Manjibhai	IND	848	0.20%
17	Ramesh Mathurbhai Baraiya	IND	838	0.20%
18	Dineshkumar Damjibhai Pipaliya	IND	794	0.20%
19	Manjibhai Jivabhai Navadiya	IND	685	0.20%
20	Sant Ramdasji Gurusundardasji	IND	662	0.20%
21	Chinmay Patel	ABJS	657	0.10%
22	Kukareja Lekhraj Gokaldas	IND	648	0.10%
23	Arjun B. Netarwala	RPI	584	0.10%
24	Babaria Hamirbhai Dehabhai	IND	488	0.10%
25	Dilip B. Chauhan	IND	486	0.10%
26	Patel Lallubhai Vallabbhai	IND	456	0.10%
27	Chhaganbhai Keshavbhai Patel	IND	433	0.10%
28	Bhupatbhai Fakiwala	IND	424	0.10%
29	Kabir Manhardas Ishvardas	IND	423	0.10%
30	Usaman Mansuri	IND	402	0.10%
31	Mavjibhai Bhikhabhai Doolera	IND	230	0.10%
32	Makwana Niranjan Kanjibhai	IND	208	0.00%
33	Bansimal Mulani Railwaywala	IND	136	0.00%

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 11,525, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.

candidates 429,639 · NOTA n/a · published 441,164 · neither convention holds

Reconciliation failed Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1996