1991 Indian general election in Gujarat

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General elections were held in India in 1991 [1] to elect the members of the 10th Lok Sabha. Voter turnout was the lowest ever in parliamentary elections. [2] No party could muster a majority in the Lok Sabha, hence INC formed a minority government with the support of other parties, resulting in a stable government for the next 5 years under the new Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao. [3] BJP wins 20 seats, Congress wins 5 seats and JD (G) wins only one seat.

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Party-wise results summary

PartySeats won
BJP20
Indian National Congress 5
JD (G)1

Results- Constituency wise

NoConstituencyWinnerParty
1 Kachchh PATEL HARILAL NANJIINC
2 Surendranagar KOLIPATEL SOMABHAI GADABHAIBJP
3 Jamnagar KORDIYA CHANDRESH KUMAR VALJIBHAIBJP
4 Rajkot SHIVLALBHAI VERARIABJP
5PorbandarPATEL HIRALAL MADHAVJIBHAIBJP
6 Junagadh CHIKHALIYA BHAVENABEN DEVRAJBHAI (W)BJP
7 Amreli DILIPBHAI SANGHANIBJP
8 Bhavnagar MAHAVIRSINH HARISINHJI GOHILBJP
9Dhandhuka (SC)RATILAL VERMABJP
10AHMEDABADHARIN PATHAKBJP
11GandhinagarLAL KRISHNA ADVANIBJP
12 Mahesana A.K. PATELBJP
13 Patan (SC)MAHESH KANODIYABJP
14BANASKANTHACHAVDA HARISINHJI PATAPSINHJIBJP
15SABARKANTHAARVIND TRIVEDI (LANKESH)BJP
16KapadvanjGABHAJI MANGAJI THAKORBJP
17DOHAD (ST)DAMOR SOMJIBHAI PUNJABHAIINC
18GodhraVEGHELA SHANKERJI LAXMANJIBJP
19KAIRAK.D. JESWANIBJP
20 Anand CHAVDA ISHVARBHAI KHODABHAIINC
21Chota Udaipur (ST)NARANBHAI JAMLABHAI RATHAVAJD (G)
22BARODADIPIKA CHIKHLIYA (W)BJP
23BROACHCHANDUBHAI DESHMUKHBJP
24 Surat KASHIRAM RANABJP
25MANDAVI (ST)GAMIT CHHITUBHAI DEVJIBHAIINC
26BULSAR (ST)UTTAMBHAI HARJIBHAI PATELINC

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References

  1. "1991 India General (10th Lok Sabha) Elections Results". www.elections.in. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  2. "India: parliamentary elections Lok Sabha, 1991". archive.ipu.org. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  3. "Elections in Gujarat in 1991".