1996 Indian general election in Gujarat
General elections were held in India in 1996 to elect the members of the 11th Lok Sabha.The election produced a hung parliament with no single party having a clear majority. Bharatiya Janata Party, the largest party, formed a short-lived government under the premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. United Front secured majority support resulting in H. D. Deve Gowda of Janata Dal succeeding Vajpayee and being the 11th Prime Minister of India, before eventually being replaced by I. K. Gujral, another United Front leader. Despite that, the country went back to the polls in 1998. [1] Congress wins ten seats, BJP wins sixteen.
Party-wise results summary
| Party | Seats won | |
|---|---|---|
| BJP | 16 | |
| Indian National Congress | 10 | |
Results- Constituency wise
| No | Constituency | Winner | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kachchh | GADHVI PUSHPADAN SHAMBHUDAN | BJP |
| 2 | Surendranagar | SANAT MEHTA | INC |
| 3 | Jamnagar | KORADIA CHANDRESHBHAI VALJIBHAI(C.PATEL) | BJP |
| 4 | Rajkot | DR. KATHIRIYA VALLABHBHAI RAMJIBHAI | BJP |
| 5 | Porbandar | JAVIYA GORDHANBHAI JADAVBHAI | BJP |
| 6 | Junagadh | CHIKHALIYA BHAVNABEN DEVARAJBHAI | BJP |
| 7 | Amreli | DILEEP SANGHANI | BJP |
| 8 | Bhavnagar | RAJENDRASINH GHANSHYAMSINH RANA | BJP |
| 9 | Dhandhuka (SC) | VARMA RATILAL KALIDAS | BJP |
| 10 | AHMEDABAD | HARIN PATHAK | BJP |
| 11 | Gandhinagar | ATALBIHARI VAJAPAYEE | BJP |
| 12 | Mahesana | DR. A.K. PATEL | BJP |
| 13 | Patan (SC) | MAHESHKUMAR MITHABHAI KANODIA | BJP |
| 14 | BANASKANTHA | B.K. GADHAVI | INC |
| 15 | SABARKANTHA | NISHA AMARSINH CHAUDHARY | INC |
| 16 | Kapadvanj | CHAUHAN JAYSINHJI MANSINGJI | BJP |
| 17 | DOHAD (ST) | DAMOR SOMJIBHAI PUNJABHAI | INC |
| 18 | Godhra | PATEL SHANTILAL PARSOTAMDAS | INC |
| 19 | KAIRA | DINSHA PATEL | INC |
| 20 | Anand | CHAVDA ISHWARBHAI KHODABHAI | INC |
| 21 | Chota Udaipur (ST) | RATHAWA NARANBHAI JEMALABHAI | INC |
| 22 | BARODA | GAEKWAD SATYAJITSINH DILIPSINH | INC |
| 23 | BROACH | CHANDUBHAI SHANABHAI DESHMUKH | BJP |
| 24 | Surat | KASHIRAM RANA | BJP |
| 25 | MANDAVI (ST) | GAMIT CHHITUBHAI DEVJIBHAI | INC |
| 26 | BULSAR (ST) | MANIBHAI RAMJIBHAI CHAUDHARI | BJP |
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