Gujarat assembly election, Mar 1998
182 assembly constituencies in Gujarat, 56.62% turnout.
Seats
182
Candidates
1,125
49 women, 4 elected
Turnout
56.62%
1.63 cr of 2.88 cr
Leading party
BJP
117 of 182 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Gujarat
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 117 | -4 | 182 | 73,00,826 | 44.81% | +2.30 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 53 | +8 | 179 | 56,77,386 | 34.85% | +1.99 |
| AIRJPAIRJP | 4 | +4 | 168 | 19,02,171 | 11.68% | — |
| JDJanata Dal | 4 | +4 | 91 | 4,29,283 | 2.63% | -0.18 |
| INDIndependent | 3 | -13 | 415 | 8,54,142 | 5.24% | -13.47 |
| SPSamajwadi Party | 1 | +1 | 33 | 64,913 | 0.40% | +0.32 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19,665 | 0.12% | -0.05 |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12,742 | 0.08% | -1.52 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10,292 | 0.06% | -0.04 |
| SAPSAP | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7,512 | 0.05% | -0.01 |
| RPIRPI | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4,642 | 0.03% | -0.03 |
| SHSShiv Sena | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2,800 | 0.02% | -0.04 |
| RJDRashtriya Janata Dal | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1,884 | 0.01% | — |
| LSWPLSWP | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1,271 | 0.01% | — |
| ABJSABJS | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1,034 | 0.01% | -0.02 |
| ABMSDABMSD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 749 | 0.00% | — |
| RSRPRSRP | 0 | 0 | 3 | 384 | 0.00% | -0.06 |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 218 | 0.00% | 0.00 |
| AJBPAJBP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 200 | 0.00% | — |
- BJP117 (64%)
- INC53 (29%)
- AIRJP4 (2%)
- JD4 (2%)
- IND3 (2%)
- SP1 (1%)
- BJP117
- INC53
- AIRJP4
- JD4
- IND3
- SP1
- BJP117
- INC53
- AIRJP4
- JD4
- IND3
- SP1
Constituency performance
From the 182 results in Gujarat
Closest contest
RANDHIKPUR
won by 412 (0.52%)
Biggest victory
ELLIS BRIDGE
won by 64,520 (59.40%)
Highest turnout
VAV
75.56%
Lowest turnout
JAMNAGAR RURAL
36.81%
Seat change
Against Gujarat's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1995), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained114 (63%)
- Changed hands68 (37%)
114 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 68 changed hands.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
Gujarat, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- BJP
- INC
- AIRJP
- JD
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 182 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 182
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABDASA | INCIBRAHIM ISHAQ MANDHRA | BJPJADEJA HARENDRASINHJI MADHAVSINHJI | 8541.21% | 65.3% |
| AMRELI | BJPRUPALA PARSHOTAMBHAI KHODABHAI | INCBHUVA MADHUBHAI HARJIBHAI | 8,08111.84% | 58.0% |
| ANAND | BJPPATEL DILIPBHAI MANIBHAI | INCPATEL BABUBHAI GIRDHARBHAI | 10,7649.73% | 60.9% |
| ANJAR | BJPAHIR VASANBHAI GOPALBHAI | INCDR. ACHARYA NIMABEN BHAVESH | 5,9916.13% | 49.0% |
| ANKLESHWAR | BJPPATEL JAYANTIBHAI ZINABHAI | INCPATEL AMBUBHAI GOMANBHAI | 8,0558.19% | 59.3% |
| ASARWA | BJPPATEL AMRISHKUMAR GOVINDLAL | INCPRABODH RAVAL | 9580.84% | 51.3% |
| BABRA | BJPUNDHAD BAVKUBHAI NATHABHAI | INCVIRAJIBHAI THUMMAR | 12,13216.47% | 63.5% |
| BALASINOR | AIRJPCHAUHAN MANSHINH KOHYABHAI | INCCHAUHAN AMARSING ABHESING | 17,56022.85% | 60.6% |
| BARDOLI | BJPRAJWADI RAJNIKANT PRABHUBHAI | INCHALPATI KUNVARJIBHAI NARASINJBHAI | 8,7028.83% | 62.1% |
| BARODA CITY | BJPLAKHAWALA BHUPENDRA GATULAL | INCMAHETA SHAILESHBHAI KANAIYALAL | 20,40117.21% | 52.7% |
| BARODA RURAL | BJPCHUDASAMA DILUBHA TEMUBHA | INCANUJ LALITCHANDRA PATEL | 6,9326.94% | 55.1% |
| BAVLA | INCMAKWANA GUNVANTBHAI N. | BJPCHAUHAN GOVINDBHAI A. | 6,4767.36% | 56.6% |
| BAYAD | BJPDR. PATEL MAHENDRABHAI SOMABHAI | INCSOLANKI RAMSINH RUPSINH | 4,8965.27% | 74.1% |
| BHADRAN | INCPARMAR DHIRSINH CHHATRASINH | BJPJADAV BHUPATSINH CHHAGANBHAI | 20,56221.36% | 62.0% |
| BHANVAD | BJPBERA MURUBHAI HARADAS | INCMADAM VIKRAMBHAI ARJANBHAI | 6,88511.95% | 56.8% |
| BHAVNAGAR NORTH | BJPMAHENDRA TRIVEDI | INCKIRAN MANIBHAI GANDHI | 13,25916.33% | 51.7% |
| BHAVNAGAR SOUTH | BJPOZA SUNIL BALKRISHNABHAI (SUNIL OZA) | INCBHALIA ZAVERBHAI DHARAMSHIBHAI | 9,85810.93% | 53.2% |
| BHILODA | INDUPENDRA TRIVEDI | BJPPATEL DEVAJIBHAI VISANGBHAI | 7,2987.32% | 62.3% |
| BHUJ | BJPZAVERI MUKESH BABULAL | INCCHAD RUPABHAI RAMJI | 22,11924.40% | 58.0% |
| BORSAD | INCSOLANKI BHARATBHAI MADHAVSINH | BJPPATEL DILIPBHAI NARSINHBHAI | 20,48721.78% | 61.6% |
| BOTAD | BJPSAURABH PATEL | INCMER KANJIBHAI BHURABHAI | 8,99210.07% | 63.4% |
| BROACH | BJPBIPINBHAI ISHWARLAL SHAH | INCPATEL JAYESHBHAI AMBALAL | 8,3718.09% | 57.3% |
| BULSAR | BJPDESAI DOLATRAI NATHUBHAI | INCGAURAV HEMANTBHAI PANDYA | 22,33123.04% | 54.1% |
| CAMBAY | BJPSHUKAL SHIRISKUMAR MADHUSUDAN | INCPRABHUDAS SHANKARBHAI PATEL | 2,2682.56% | 60.0% |
| CHAKALASI | INCSHANKARBHAI DESAIBHAI VAGHELA | BJPPATEL SURENDRABHAI DAHYABHAI | 10,48310.69% | 69.0% |
| CHANASMA | BJPARVIND T. PATEL | INCDESAI MALJIBHAI DEVJIBHAI | 6,3027.49% | 73.6% |
| CHHOTA UDAIPUR | INCRATHWA SUKHRAMBHAI HARIYABHAI | BJPRATHWA GULABBHAI MAGANBHAI | 7,4039.96% | 49.5% |
| CHIKHLI | BJPKANJIBHAI MAGANBHAI PATEL | INCPATEL BHARTIBEN NARDEVBHAI | 9,73610.73% | 60.6% |
| CHORASI | BJPNAROTTAMBHAI PATEL | INCPATEL ISHVERBHAI | 1,47,14253.34% | 38.5% |
| CHOTILA | INCSAVASHIBHAI KANJIBHAI MAKWANA | INDJALU KANBHA CHHELBHAI (BHAGAT) | 13,55818.97% | 52.9% |
| DABHOI | INCSIDDHARTH CHIMANBHAI PATEL | BJPPATEL JAGDISHBHAI KANTILAL | 10,38313.47% | 64.2% |
| DANGS-BANSDA | INCBHOYE MADHUBHAI JELYABHAI | BJPPAWAR DASHARATHBHAI SHOBHANBHAI | 6,4258.61% | 49.3% |
| DANTA | INCGADHVI MUKESH B. | BJPKACHORIYA KANTIBHAI D. | 20,12718.14% | 64.4% |
| DARIAPUR-KAZIPUR | BJPBAROT BHARATKUMAR CHIMANLAL | INCRAJPUT SURENDRASINH N. | 8,29013.14% | 49.1% |
| DASADA | BJPFAKIRBHAI RAGHABHAI VAGHELA | INCTEJSHINH DEVABHAI VANIYA | 23,14832.41% | 56.9% |
| DASKROI | BJPPATEL VIJAYBHAI HARISHCHANDRA | AIRJPTHAKOR MADHUBHAI SOMABHAI | 4,6923.66% | 55.0% |
| DEDIAPADA | JDVASAVA AMARSIH RAMSING | BJPVASAVA SHANKARBHAI NAROTTAMBHAI | 18,42019.40% | 61.4% |
| DEESA | BJPGORDHANJI GIGAJI MALI | INCRABARI GOVABHAI HAMIRABHAI | 10,4519.26% | 69.1% |
| DEHGAM | BJPGABHAJI MANGAJI THAKOR | INCCHAVDA LAKSHMANJI GOBARJI | 6,0516.48% | 62.5% |
| DEODAR | BJPVAGELA LILADHARBHAI KHODAJI | INCSHAH SURESHBHAI LAHERCHANDBHAI | 9,2299.35% | 68.3% |
| DEVGADH BARIA | INCMAHARAUL URVASHIDEVI JAYDIPSINH | BJPPATEL VIPINBHAI RASIKBHAI (KANABHAI ) | 32,18845.99% | 54.9% |
| DHANDHUKA | BJPBHARAT PANDYA | AIRJPPARIKH DILIPBHAI RAMANLAL | 15,30719.85% | 53.6% |
| DHANERA | BJPPATEL HARJIVANBHAI HIRABHAI | INCPATEL NATHABHAI HEGOLABHAI | 13,37912.45% | 68.6% |
| DHARAMPUR | BJPCHAUDHARY HIRABHAI RAMJIBHAI | INCKISHANBHAI VESTABHAI PATEL | 3,9755.06% | 52.9% |
| DHARI | BJPBALUBHAI TANTI | INCKRISHNAKANT VAKHARIA | 13,75220.02% | 57.0% |
| DHOLKA | INCKANJIBHAI RAYABHAI TALPADA | BJPCHUDASAMA BHUPENDRASINH MANUBHA | 22,29525.51% | 59.9% |
| DHORAJI | AIRJPRADADIA VITHALBHAI HANSRAJBHAI | BJPV.D. PATEL | 12,07415.52% | 60.9% |
| DHRANGADHRA | BJPINDRAVIJAYSINH (I.K.) JADEJA | INCPATEL KHETASIBHAI KHUSHALBHAI | 1,1971.58% | 60.2% |
| DOHAD | INCPATEL LALITKUMAR BHAGAWANDAS | BJPGANAVA SHANTABEN SHANKARBHAI | 2,9204.23% | 45.8% |
| DWARKA | INDMANEK PABUBHA VIRAMBHA | BJPGOJIYA VAJSI DEVABHAI (V.D.GOJIYA) | 5,2217.01% | 58.0% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Gujarat alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the Gujarat assembly election, Mar 1998?
Bharatiya Janata Party won 117 of 182 seats in Gujarat, a clear majority.
What was the voter turnout in the Gujarat assembly election, Mar 1998?
Turnout was 56.62% — 1.63 cr of 2.88 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Gujarat have?
Gujarat has 182 assembly seats.