1989 Indian general election in Gujarat

General elections were held in India in 1989 to elect the members of the 9th Lok Sabha.[1] The incumbent Indian National Congress (I) government under the premiership of Rajiv Gandhi was defeated by the National Front, an alliance forged by Janata Dal, which won a plurality of seats. The alliance formed the government with outside support from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[2][3] V. P. Singh was sworn in as the seventh Prime Minister of India on 2 December 1989. [4]

BJP wins 12 seats, Janata Dal wins 11 and Congress wins 3 seats out of a total of 26 seats.

Party-wise results summary
Party Seats won
BJP 12
Janata Dal 11
Congress 3

Results- Constituency wise
No Constituency Winner Party
1 Kachchh BABU BHAI MEGHJI SHAH BJP
2 Surendranagar KOLI PATEL SOMABHAI GANDHI BJP
3 Jamnagar KORADIYA CHANDRESH KUMAR VALJIBHAI

(CHANDRESH PATEL)

 BJP
4 Rajkot VEKARIA SHIVLAL NAGIBHAI BJP
5 Porbandar MANVAR BALVANTBHAI BACHUBHAI JD
6 Junagadh SHEKHADA GOVINDHHAL KANJIBHAI JD
7 Amreli MANUBHAI KOTADIYA JD
8 Bhavnagar JAMOD SHASHIKANT MAVJIBHAI INC
9 Dhandhuka (SC) RATILAL KALIDAS VERMA BJP
10 AHMEDABAD HARIN PATHAK BJP
11 Gandhinagar VEGHELA SHANKARJI LAXMANJI BJP
12 Mahesana A.K.PATEL BJP
13 Patan (SC) CHAWADA KHEM CHANDBHAI SOMABHAI JD
14 BANASKANTHA SHAH JAYANTILAL VIRCHANDBHAI JD
15 SABARKANTHA MAGANBHAI MANIBHAI PATEL JD
16 Kapadvanj GABHAJI MANGAJI THAKOR BJP
17 DOHAD (ST) SOMAIBAHI DAMOR INC
18 Godhra PATEL SHANTILA PURUSHOTTAMDAS JD
19 KAIRA CHAUHAN PRABHATSINH HATHISINH JD
20 Anand PATEL NATHUBHAI MANIBHAI BJP
21 Chota Udaipur (ST) RAHAWA NARANBHAI JAMALBHAI JD
22 BARODA KOKO ALIAS PRAKASH KANUBHAI BRAHMBHATT JD
23 BROACH DESHMUKH CHANDUBHAI SHAMBHAI BJP
24 Surat KASHIRAM RANA BJP
25 MANDAVI (ST) GHAMIT CHHITUBHAI DEVIBHAI INC
26 BULSAR (ST) AJUNBHAI LALLUBHAI PATEL JD

References
  1. "Elections 1989: Congress(I) faces prospect of being routed in Bihar".
  2. "V. P. Singh, a Leader of India Who Defended Poor, Dies at 77". The New York Times. 29 November 2008.
  3. Indian Parliamentary Democracy. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. 2003. p. 124. ISBN 978-81-269-0193-7.
  4. "Elections in Gujarat in 1989".
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.