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 +/−
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	117	-4	182	73,00,826	44.81%	+2.30
INC Indian National Congress	53	+8	179	56,77,386	34.85%	+1.99
AIRJP AIRJP	4	+4	168	19,02,171	11.68%	—
JD Janata Dal	4	+4	91	4,29,283	2.63%	-0.18
IND Independent	3	-13	415	8,54,142	5.24%	-13.47
SP Samajwadi Party	1	+1	33	64,913	0.40%	+0.32
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	0	0	1	19,665	0.12%	-0.05
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	0	0	7	12,742	0.08%	-1.52
CPI Communist Party of India	0	0	8	10,292	0.06%	-0.04
SAP SAP	0	0	8	7,512	0.05%	-0.01
RPI RPI	0	0	11	4,642	0.03%	-0.03
SHS Shiv Sena	0	0	5	2,800	0.02%	-0.04
RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal	0	0	4	1,884	0.01%	—
LSWP LSWP	0	0	3	1,271	0.01%	—
ABJS ABJS	0	0	4	1,034	0.01%	-0.02
ABMSD ABMSD	0	0	1	749	0.00%	—
RSRP RSRP	0	0	3	384	0.00%	-0.06
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)	0	0	1	218	0.00%	0.00
AJBP AJBP	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 51–100 of 182

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
ELLIS BRIDGE	BJPHAREN PANDYA	INCRAVAL HARINBHAI PRAVINKANT	64,52059.40%	47.8%
GADHADA	BJPATMARAM MAKANBHAI PARMAR	INCDAHYABHAI B. PILWAIKAR	13,66017.49%	54.3%
GANDEVI	BJPPATEL KARSANBHAI BHIKHABHAI	INCPATEL GOVINDBHAI THAKORBHAI	8,8229.60%	58.9%
GANDHINAGAR	BJPPATEL VADIBHAI BHAISCHANDDAS	AIRJPKESHARISINH GOBARJI VAGHELA	12,4349.33%	63.1%
GHOGHO	BJPPARSHOTAMBHAI ODHAVJIBHAI SOLANKI	INCPARBATSINH PUNJUBHA GOHIL	16,10118.26%	63.6%
GODHRA	JDPATEL RAJENDRASINH BALWANTSINH	INCKHALPA ABDULRAHIM ISMAIL	11,17810.89%	59.8%
GONDAL	BJPJADEJA JAYRAJSINH TEMUBHA	INDJADEJA MAHIPATSINH BHAVUBHA	28,14538.04%	55.1%
HALOL	INCBARIA UDESINH MOHANBHAI	BJPPARMAR PRAVINSINH	15,63621.00%	52.2%
HALVAD	BJPKAVADIA JAYANTILAL RAMJIBHAI	INCJHALA DHIRUBHA RAMUBHA	1,3071.67%	64.2%
HIMATNAGAR	BJPCHAVDA RANJITSINH NARSINH	INCPATEL BHAGWANDAS HARIBHAI	8,0278.29%	60.7%
IDAR	BJPRAMANLAL VORA	INCDR.KARSANDAS SONERI	25,45027.48%	62.5%
JALALPORE	BJPPATEL RAMESHBHAI CHHOTUBHAI (R.C.PATEL)	INCPATEL CHHAGANBHAI DEVABHAI	1,6921.80%	61.0%
JAMALPUR	INDDEVDIWALA USMANGANI I.	BJPPARMAR LALJIBHAI V.	10,76614.42%	53.4%
JAMBUSAR	BJPMORI CHHATRASINH PUJABHAI	INCPADHIYAR HIRABHAI DAHYABHAI	11,00813.55%	62.1%
JAMJODHPUR	BJPSAPARIYA CHIMANLAL DHARAMSHIBHAI	INCJADEJA BRIJRAJSINH HEMATSINH	7,74711.85%	58.6%
JAMNAGAR	BJPKHATTAR PARMANAND VISHANDAS (PARMAAND	INCVASANT VINODRAI KALYANJI (KILUBHAI VASANT)	7,71513.96%	42.9%
JAMNAGAR RURAL	BJPZALA MANHARBHAI VALJI	INCDR. DINESH PARMAR	2,4183.07%	36.8%
JASDAN	INCKUNVARJIBHAI MOHANBHAI BAVALIYA	BJPTHADESHWAR BHASHKARBHAI JAMNADAS	13,30015.98%	57.7%
JETPUR	INCRATHWA MOHANSINH CHOTUBHAI	BJPNAGENDRA PATEL	25,41733.33%	57.7%
JETPUR	BJPKORAT SAVJIBHAI JIVRAJBHAI	INCMAKWANA BOGHABHAI VAGHABHAI	32,08844.82%	45.5%
JHAGADIA	JDVASAVA CHHOTUBHAI AMARSANG	INCDALPATSINH VASAVA	14,66517.20%	63.4%
JHALOD	INCMACHHAR DITABHAI BHIMABHAI	AIRJPKATARA BHURABHAI JETABHAI	29,01734.29%	53.3%
JODIYA	BJPKASUNDRA MAGANBHAI AMBABHAI	AIRJPPATEL RAGHAVAJIBHAI HANSARAJ	1,3331.91%	61.6%
JOTANA	BJPISHVARBHAI DHANABHAI MAKWANA	INCPARIMAL RANCHHODBHAI SOLANKI	19,89521.83%	63.5%
JUNAGADH	BJPMASHARU MAHENDRABHAI LILADHAR	INCKHANDEREEYA PURNIMABEN MANOJBHAI	36,41949.76%	40.9%
KADI	BJPNITIN RATILAL PATEL	INCTHAKOR DIPSING R.	10,68210.12%	71.0%
KALAWAD	BJPFALDU RANCHHOD CHANABHAI (R.C.FALDU)	AIRJPPATEL KANTABEN RAGHAVJIBHAI	23,39835.64%	53.1%
KALOL	INCPATEL SURESHKUMAR CHATURDAS	BJPPATEL VITTHALBHAI SOMDAS	1,4991.50%	63.5%
KALOL	BJPCHAUHAN P.P.	INCSOLANKI S.M.	20,47727.00%	56.0%
KALUPUR	INCSHAIKHMOHMMAD FARUK H. (FARUK SHAIKH)	BJPBHUPENDRAKUMAR S. PATNI	8981.70%	60.8%
KAMREJ	INCRATHOD RAMANBHAI CHHANABHAI	BJPRATHOD DINESHBHAI DAHYABHAI	2,0872.38%	64.9%
KANKREJ	BJPVAGHELA MAGANSINH CHIMANSINH	INCKHANPURA DHARSIBHAI LAKHABHAI	19,31820.44%	65.9%
KAPADVANJ	BJPBIMAL SHAH	INCCHAUHAN B.J.	5,3596.03%	59.5%
KARJAN	INCDABHI CHANDUBHAI MOTIBHAI	BJPPARMAR ASHABHAI GIRDHARBHAI	2,5242.78%	63.1%
KATHLAL	AIRJPZALA GAUTAMBHAI JESANGBHAI	INCTHAKOR DILIPSINH JAVANSINH	9,31510.43%	60.5%
KESHOD	BJPRATHOD SAMATBHAI AALABHAI	INCDHULA HAMIRBHAI HADABHAI	16,95424.83%	49.0%
KHADIA	BJPASHOK BHATT	INCKOKILABEN RAMESHCHANDRA SHAH	20,46544.64%	50.5%
KHAMBHALIA	BJPCHAVDA KARU NARAN	INCDR. SAJAN JIVABHAI VAROTARIA	11,21718.14%	52.9%
KHEDBRAHMA	INCAMARSINH BHILABHAI CHAUDHARY	BJPMAKWANA VASATABHAI LUMBABHAI	25,65927.55%	62.4%
KHERALU	INCTHAKOR SHREE SHANKARJI OKHAJI	AIRJPCHAUDHRAY VIPULBHAI MANSINHBHAI	2,0232.06%	70.8%
KODINAR	BJPSOLANKI DINUBHAI BOGHABHAI	INCZALA PRAVINBHAI LAXMANBHAI	19,44925.02%	62.8%
KUNDLA	BJPVIRANI KALUBHAI VIRJIBHAI	INCSHAYANI DHIRUBHAI THAKARSHIBHAI (DHIRUBHAI	17,40727.18%	49.6%
KUTIYANA	BJPODEDARA KARSHAN DULA	INDKHACHAR HANSABA MERAMBAHI	18,95736.03%	42.0%
LATHI	BJPBHADANI BECHARBHAI VIRJIBHAI	INDKHODIDAS THAKKAR	10,00416.08%	62.3%
LIMBDI	BJPRANA KIRITSINH JITUBHA	INCKOLIPATEL LALJIBHAI CHATURBHAI	7,2838.37%	60.5%
LIMDI	INCKISHORI BACHUBHAI NATHABHAI	BJPBHURIYA MAHESHBHAI SOMAJIBHAI	19,31131.32%	41.2%
LIMKHEDA	INCPASAYA NAGARSINH GULABSINH	BJPBHABHOR BABUBHAI SHONIYABHAI	9,08513.11%	44.4%
LUNAVADA	INCSOLANKI SURPALSINH HIMATSINH	BJPPATEL PARSOTTAMBHAI HARIBHAI	18,63519.71%	65.2%
MAHUDHA	INCTHAKOR NATVARSINH FULSINH	AIRJPDR.HANSRAJ MANDANBHAI	19,99524.04%	55.9%
MAHUVA	BJPPATEL DEVDATTKUMAR KIKABHAI	INCISHWARBHAI NARSINHBHAI VAHIA	7,7498.18%	64.1%

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.