Gujarat assembly election, Feb 1990

The 7th Gujarat legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared

182

92 needed for a majority

Largest party

70 seats · short of a majority

Candidates

1,889

52 women, 4 elected

Turnout

51.11%

1.27 cr of 2.48 cr

The house

182 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

JD70
BJP67
INC33
IND11
YVP1

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous Gujarat assembly election (1985)

INC

-116

BJP

+56

IND

Parties

Ordered by seats won

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Strike rate	Votes	Share	Share +/−	Deposits lost
JD Janata Dal	70	—	147	36.2%	37,25,148	29.36%	—	22
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	67	+56	143	33.9%	33,86,256	26.69%	+11.74	40
INC Indian National Congress	33	-116	181	30.9%	38,99,159	30.74%	-24.82	26
IND Independent	11	+3	980	1.9%	13,23,790	10.44%	+1.15	940
YVP YVP	1	—	61	2.5%	1,07,220	0.84%	—	59
JNPJP JNPJP	0	—	82	1.2%	69,829	0.55%	—	80
DDP DDP	0	0	168	0.4%	51,712	0.41%	-0.10	168
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	0	0	9	6.2%	37,436	0.29%	+0.12	7
DMM DMM	0	—	38	0.8%	23,004	0.18%	—	37
HMS HMS	0	—	6	3.4%	14,496	0.11%	—	5
RPI RPI	0	—	13	1.6%	13,049	0.10%	—	13
CPI Communist Party of India	0	0	10	1.6%	11,377	0.09%	-0.17	10
BJS Bharatiya Jana Sangh	0	—	9	0.7%	5,517	0.04%	—	9
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	0	—	9	0.8%	4,565	0.04%	—	9
SHS Shiv Sena	0	—	5	0.9%	4,477	0.04%	—	5
SOPL SOPL	0	—	2	1.2%	1,682	0.01%	—	2
LKDB LKDB	0	—	4	0.5%	1,560	0.01%	—	4
ICSSCS ICSSCS	0	—	2	1.3%	1,499	0.01%	—	2
BKUS BKUS	0	—	8	0.2%	1,083	0.01%	—	8
RPM RPM	0	—	3	0.6%	969	0.01%	—	3
SOPP SOPP	0	—	1	0.9%	704	0.01%	—	1
RPK RPK	0	—	3	0.3%	538	0.00%	—	3
IPF IPF	0	—	1	0.7%	346	0.00%	—	1
GJL GJL	0	—	2	0.1%	242	0.00%	—	2
GJP GJP	0	—	1	0.3%	187	0.00%	—	1
RPIB Republican Party of India Bharatha	0	—	1	0.2%	132	0.00%	—	1

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Gujarat at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of Feb 1990

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Assembly seat	State	Winner	Runner-up	Margin
KUTIYANA	Gujarat	JDJADIJA SANTOKBEN SARMAN	INCAGATH LAXMANBHAI BHIMABHAI	36,55074.93%
KHADIA	Gujarat	BJPASHOK BHATT	INCVASDEV BHATT	37,52574.21%
UNJHA	Gujarat	JDPATEL CHIMANBHAI JIVABHAI	INCSHRADDHA PANCHOTIYA	70,47573.34%
ELLIS BRIDGE	Gujarat	JDBABUBHAI VASANVALA	INCK.S. SHASTRI	53,46065.36%
NADIAD	Gujarat	JDPATEL DINSHA JHAVERBHAI	INCDESAI KIRTIBHAI SATCHNDRA	53,92861.75%
SURAT CITY NORTH	Gujarat	BJPKANUBHAI MAVANI	INCKHENI ZINABHAI P.	34,39955.85%
MAHUVA	Gujarat	JDCHABILDAS MEHTA	INCVAJUBHJAI JANI	29,87553.80%
KALAWAD	Gujarat	BJPPATEL RAGHAVJI HANSRAJ	INCPATEL CHHAGANBHAI MEGHJIBHAI	31,61353.26%
JHAGADIA	Gujarat	JDVASAVA CHHOTUBHAI AMARSANGBHAI	INCVASAVA CHANDUBHAI MAGANBHAI	34,51053.11%
LIMKHEDA	Gujarat	JDPASAYA NAGARSINH GULABSINH	INCSOLANKI RATANSING BHAGABHAI	21,62252.26%

Closest results of Feb 1990

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Assembly seat	State	Winner	Runner-up	Margin
LIMDI	Gujarat	JDKISHORI BACHUBHAI NATHABBHAI	INCSANGADA KALUBHAI VELJIBHAI	1700.44%
VAGRA	Gujarat	BJPCHAUHAN VIKRAM SINGHJI AJITSINHJI	INCPATEL MOHMED HAFEJI ISMAIL BHAI	7420.80%
DEODAR	Gujarat	JDPATEL BHEMABHAI RAMSINGHBHAI	INCVAGHELA MANSINHJI PRATAPSINHAJI	6780.88%
SAVLI	Gujarat	JDCHAUHAN KHUMANSINH RAYSINH	INCPARMAR PRABHATSINH JORSINH	6710.89%
VAGHODIA	Gujarat	JDPRADIP JAYSWAL	INDMADHU SHRIVASTAV	6350.94%
PALANPUR	Gujarat	BJPBACHANI LEKHRAJ HEMRAJ	JDSOLANKI RAYAMALJI HEMAJI	8431.19%
DOHAD	Gujarat	BJPDAMOR TERSINHBHAI BADIYABHAI	INCPATEL LALITKUMAR BHAGWANDAS	7191.42%
GANDEVI	Gujarat	JDNAIK THAKORBHAI BALLABBHAI	BJPKARSANBHAI BHIKHABHAI PATEL	1,1161.46%
PARDI	Gujarat	INCPATEL RAMANLALDEVABHAI	BJPPATEL KHALAPABHAI CHHAGANBHAI	1,0141.61%
BAYAD	Gujarat	BJPSOLANKI CHANDRABHANSINH MULSINHJI	INCSOLANKI RAMSINHJI RUPSINHJI	1,2831.68%