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 101–150 of 182

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
MAHUVA	BJPDR.KANUBHAI KALASARIA	INCCHHIBALDAS MEHTA	18,57827.74%	52.5%
MALIYA	BJPSOLANKI DEVANANDBHAI SAMATBHAI	INCJOSHI BHIKHA GALABHAI	5,2256.33%	59.3%
MANAVADAR	BJPSUREJA RATILAL GORDHANBHAI	INCCHAVDA JAWAHAR PETHALJIBHAI	6,9219.63%	62.4%
MANDAL	BJPPATEL ANANDIBEN MAFATBHAI	INCPATEL JAYANTIBHAI BHALABHAI	4,7356.25%	62.8%
MANDVI	BJPMEHTA SURESHCHANDRA RUPSHANKAR	AIRJPJAYKUMAR SANGHVI	14,52420.58%	60.4%
MANGROL	BJPKARGATIA BHAGVANJI LAKHABHAI	INCCHUDASAMA CHANDRIKABEN KANJI	5,1797.16%	53.0%
MANGROL	JDCHAUDHARI RAMANBHAI KANSARABHAI	BJPGANPATBHAI VESTABHAI VASAVA	7,1078.45%	55.7%
MANINAGAR	BJPKAMLESH PATEL	INCKELLA VIJAYKUMAR CHIMANLAL (VIJAY KELLA)	39,05028.89%	41.6%
MANSA	BJPPATEL MANGALDAS MADHAVLAL	AIRJPCHAUDHARI HARIBHAI VELJIBHAI	8,3247.35%	74.9%
MATAR	INCCHAVDA DHIRUBHAI AMARSING	BJPDR.K.D.JESWANI	1,4321.53%	66.1%
MEGHRAJ	INCPATEL SHIVABHAI D.	BJPPATEL RASIKBHAI N.	3,3643.47%	63.8%
MEHMEDABAD	BJPCHAUHAN SUNDARSINH BHALABHAI	AIRJPCHAUHAN JASWANTSINH MANGALSINH	12,34115.67%	50.8%
MEHSANA	BJPKHODABHAI N.PATEL	INCSAGAR RAYAKA	3,0972.94%	62.8%
MODASA	BJPPARMAR DILIPSINH VAKHATSINH	INCRAHEVAR MAHENDRASINH CHHAGANSINH	15,43215.31%	67.6%
MORVI	BJPAMRUTIYA KANTILAL SHIVABHAI	INDJAYANTILAL JERAJBHAI PATEL	21,87524.05%	57.1%
MOTA PONDHA	INCPATEL BARAJULBHAI NAVALABHAI	BJPRAUT MADHUBHAI BAPUBHAI	10,86612.82%	54.1%
MUNDRA	BJPSODHAM PARBAT MAYABHAI	INCKHIMJI MAGABHAI THARU	8,35313.85%	54.1%
NADIAD	BJPDESAI PANKAJKUMAR VINUBHAI (GOTIYO)	INCDESAI DHIRENBHAI MADHUBHAI	13,26415.51%	53.3%
NARODA	BJPKODNANI MAYABEN SURENDRABHAI	INCPATEL DHIRUBHAI DEVRAJBHAI	74,85444.03%	47.1%
NASVADI	INCBHIL DHIRUBHAI CHUNILAL	BJPBHIL KANTIBHAI TRIKAMBHAI	17,31322.12%	53.6%
NAVSARI	BJPPATEL MANGUBHAI CHHAGANBHAI	INCDR. PATEL DINESHBHAI CHIMANBHAI	14,11214.28%	58.1%
NIJHAR	INCVASAVA PARESHBHAI GOVINDBHAI	BJPSUBHASHBHAI ROTUBHAI PADAVI	29,80133.28%	57.3%
OLPAD	BJPPATEL DHANSUKHBHAI NATHUBHAI	INCPATEL MAHENDRABHAI RATANJIBHAI	28,52722.43%	49.3%
PADRA	AIRJPJEETSINH SOMSINH PARMAR	BJPNALINKUMAR KANTILAL BHATT	4,7514.48%	69.5%
PALANPUR	BJPTRIVEDI REKHABEN HITENDRABHAI	AIRJPSOLANKI RAYMALJI HEMAJI	7,1417.03%	60.2%
PALITANA	BJPGOTI KURJIBHAI RAMJIBHAI	INCGODHANI DALSUKHBHAI JERAMBHAI	13,25518.21%	59.2%
PARDI	BJPCHANDRAVADAN MAKANJI PATEL	INCPATEL SAVITABEN GAMANBHAI	7,8149.11%	55.0%
PATAN	BJPPATEL MOHANBHAI HIRABHAI	AIRJPPATEL KANTILAL NANALAL	11,41213.65%	56.0%
PETLAD	INCPATEL NIRANJAN PARSOTTAMDAS	BJPC.D.PATEL	1,0761.27%	63.3%
PORBANDAR	BJPBOKHIRIYA BABUBHAI BHIMABHAI	AIRJPSHIYAL HIRALAL GAGAN	23,64031.77%	53.5%
PRANTIJ	BJPRATHOD DIPSINH SHANKARSINH	INCGOVINDBHAI PRABHUDAS PATEL	8,6339.34%	63.2%
RADHANPUR	BJPPATEL SHANKARBHAI LAGDHIRBHAI (SHANKARBHAI	AIRJPSOLANKI L.M.	17,42220.18%	57.7%
RAJGADH	INCVAKIL PARMAR LAXMANSINH MOTISINH	AIRJPBARIA ZAVARSINH ADESINH	12,57619.22%	51.2%
RAJKOT RURAL	BJPBABARIYA MADHUBHAI HAMIRBHAI	INCCHAVDA SHANTA KHIMJIBHAI	18,03419.28%	44.3%
RAJKOT-I	BJPRAMESH DHANJIBHAI RUPAPARA	INCJADEJA MANOHARSINHJI P.	12,00710.35%	46.3%
RAJKOT-II	BJPVALA VAJUBHAI ROODABHAI	AIRJPKASHMEERABEN BAKULBHAI NATHVANEE	28,71840.88%	45.3%
RAJPIPLA	INCVASAVA PREMSINH DEVJIBHAI	BJPVASAVA MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI	1,2361.47%	62.6%
RAJULA	BJPSOLANKI HIRABHAI ODHAVAJIBHAI	AIRJPVARU PRATAPBHAI SURAGBHAI	12,08917.44%	59.3%
RAKHIAL	BJPJHADFIYA GORDHANBHAI P.	INCPATEL HIMMATSINH P.	16,63718.48%	52.9%
RANDHIKPUR	BJPBHABHOR JASWANTSINH SUMANBHAI	INCDAMOR BIJALBHAI VALABHAI	4120.52%	59.5%
RAOPURA	BJPYOGESH PATEL	INCCHIRAG HANSKUMAR ZAVERI	25,33025.25%	50.5%
RAPAR	BJPDHIRUBHAI SWARUPCHAND SHAH	AIRJPGADA BABULAL MEGHAJI SHAH	7,81411.15%	51.4%
SABARMATI	BJPOZA YATINBHAI NARENDRAKUMAR	INCAMIN NARHARIBHAI HIRABHAI (NARHARI AMIN)	21,01713.62%	52.9%
SAMI	BJPTHAKOR DILIPKUMAR VIRAJIBHAI	INCGAMI MANUBHAI BHAGAVANBHAI	14,68117.55%	64.8%
SANKHEDA	INCBABARBHAI AMBALAL TADVI	BJPKANTIBHAI BHAIJIBHAI TADAVI	3,9735.99%	56.3%
SANTRAMPUR	INCDR.BHAMAT MANSINH VALLABHBHAI	BJPPATEL MANORBHAI SANKALBHAI	10,97113.37%	59.1%
SARKHEJ	BJPSHAH AMIT ANILCHANDRA (AMIT SHAH)	INCPATEL PRAMUKHBHAI KANUBHAI	1,32,47747.82%	45.5%
SARSA	INCPARMAR GOVINDBHAI RAIJIBHAI	INDPATEL JAYANTBHAI (BOSKI) RAMANBHAI	7,9739.53%	65.8%
SAVLI	INCCHAUHAN KHUMANSINH RAYSINH	BJPBARAIYA CHUNIBHAI KANUBHAI	22,27323.54%	64.7%
SAYAJIGANJ	BJPJASPALSINGH	INCDALSUKHBHAI C. PRAJAPATI	36,67120.38%	49.2%

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.