1991 Indian general election in Gujarat

Last updated February 03, 2026

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.

List of Candidates

Constituency		BJP			INC+			JD			JP
No.	Name	Party		Candidate	Party		Candidate	Party		Candidate	Party		Candidate
1	Kutch		BJP	Babulal Meghji Shah		INC	Patel Harilal Nanji		Did not contest			Did not contest
2	Surendranagar		BJP	Kolipatel Somabhai Gadabhai		INC	Sanat Magnlal Mehta		JD	Praghuman Dadheka		JP	Zala Jatubha Jivubha
3	Jamnagar		BJP	Kordiya Chandresh Kumar Valjibhai		JD(G)	Urmilaben Chimanbhai Patel		JD	Madam Ghelubhai Rambhai		JP	Vachhani Hematkumar Dayalal
4	Rajkot		BJP	Shivlalbhai Veraria		INC	Manoharsinhji Pradumnasinhji Jadeja		JD	Rajibhai K. Satodia		JP	Bhalodia Kishorbhai Dayabhai
5	Porbandar		BJP	Patel Hiralal Madhavjibhai		JD(G)	Manvar Balwantbhai Bachubhai		JD	Der Jethabhai Fogalbhai		JP	Hathi Hemendra Bhagwandas
6	Junagadh		BJP	Chikhaliya Bhavenaben Devrajbhai		JD(G)	Govindbhai Kanjibhai (Shekhada)		JD	Karamshibhai Narsi Bhai Vadaliya		Did not contest
7	Amreli		BJP	Dilipbhai Sanghani		JD(G)	Kotadiya Manubhai Naranbhai		Did not contest			JP	Bavanjibhai Madhabhai
8	Bhavnagar		BJP	Mahavirsinh Harisinhji Gohil		INC	Dhanajibhai Baladhiya		JD	Pravinsinhji Jadeja		JP	Chauhan Baldipbhai Tishabhai
9	Dhandhuka (SC)		BJP	Ratilal Verma		INC	Narsinh Makwana		JD	Solanki Dinesh Somchand		JP	Rathod Haribhai Keshavbhai (Modasarwala)
10	Ahmedabad		BJP	Harin Pathak		INC	Maganbhai Barot		JD	Sheikh Ayesha Begum Mohmadali		JP	Mrugesh Vaishnav
11	Gandhinagar		BJP	Lal Krishna Advani		INC	G. I. Patel		JD	Dixit Narendra (Dixit Bhai)		JP	Sendhaji Thakor
12	Mehsana		BJP	A. K. Patel		INC	Patel Babaldas Shankardas		JD	Thakor Shankarji Kalaji		JP	Prajapati Satishbhai Somabhai
13	Patan (SC)		BJP	Mahesh Kanodiya		JD(G)	Parmar Narendrakumar Muljibhai		JD	Chavda Khemchandbhai Somabhai		JP	Rajubhai Karshandas Parmar
14	Banaskantha		BJP	Chavda Harisinhji Patapsinhji		JD(G)	Shah Jayantilal Virchandbhai		JD	Vidaja Babulal Gandalal		Did not contest
15	Sabarkantha		BJP	Arvind Trivedi (Lankesh)		JD(G)	Maganbhai Manibhai Patel		JD	Rajmohan Gandhi		Did not contest
16	Kapadvanj		BJP	Gabhaji Mangaji Thakor		INC	Chauhan Budhaji Jitaji		JD	Prakash Patel		JP	Shah Manharlal Chandulal
17	Dohad (ST)		BJP	Bhabhor Sumanbhai Rangjibhai		INC	Damor Somjibhai Punjabhai		JD	Roz Devisinh Virsinh		JP	Gondiya Sursinh Muljibhai
18	Godhra		BJP	Veghela Shankerji Laxmanji		JD(G)	Patel Shantilal Purushottamdas		JD	Solanki Salamsinh Mangalsinh		JP	Rao Hasmukhbhai Ganpatlal
19	Kaira		BJP	K. D. Jeswani		JD(G)	Chauhan Prabtsinh Hathisinh		JD	Patel Ghanshyambhai Ambalal		JP	Patel Anilkumar Hariprasad
20	Anand		BJP	Patel Rajnikant Dhulabhai		INC	Chavda Ishvarbhai Khodabhai		JD	Patel Mahendrabhai Parsottamdas		JP	Choksi Sidikbhai Kasambhai
21	Chhota Udaipur (ST)		BJP	Bhikhubhai Rathava		JD(G)	Naranbhai Jamlabhai Rathava		JD	Tadvi Ratilal Bhaijibhai		JP	Kolidhor Bhimsinbhai Nagjibhai
22	Baroda		BJP	Dipika Chikhliya		INC	Gaekwad Ranjit Singh Pratapsingh		JD	Koko alias Prakash Kanubhai Brahanbhatt		JP	Patel Manubhai Maganbhai
23	Broach		BJP	Chandubhai Deshmukh		INC	Ahmadbhai Mohammedbhai Patel		JD	Vasava Chhotubhai Amarsangbhai		Did not contest
24	Surat		BJP	Kashiram Rana		INC	Chaudhary Sahdev Bherabhai		JD	Kantawala Vishakhaben Sharadchandra		Did not contest
25	Mandvi (ST)		BJP	Patel Kanjibhai Maganbhai		INC	Gamit Chhitubhai Devjibhai		JD	Chaudhary Mukundbhai Janabhai		JP	Rathod Keshavbhai Lallubhai
26	Bulsar (ST)		BJP	Khalpabhai Chhaganbhai Patel		INC	Uttambhai Harjibhai Patel		JD	Gambhirbhai Bahecharbhai Patel		Did not contest

Results

Results by Party

Party Name				Popular vote			Seats
Party Name				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	BJP			53,94,221	50.37	19.90	26	20	8
	INC+		INC	31,04,937	28.99	8.17	16	5	2
			JD(G)	13,99,702	13.07	New	10	1	1
		Total		45,04,639	42.06		26	6
	JD			3,66,118	3.42	24.38	24	0	11
	JP			60,644	0.57		19	0
	Others			74,884	0.69		67	0
	IND			3,08,371	2.88	0.02	258	0
Total				1,07,08,877	100%	-	420	26	-

Constituency wise

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
Constituency		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Kutch	Patel Harilal Nanji		INC	179,109	51.74	Babulal Meghji Shah		BJP	146,106	42.21	33,003	9.53
2	Surendranagar	Kolipatel Somabhai Gadabhai		BJP	189,389	49.10	Sanat Magnlal Mehta		INC	178,503	46.28	10,886	2.82
3	Jamnagar	Kordiya Chandresh Kumar Valjibhai		BJP	178,027	46.72	Urmilaben Chimanbhai Patel		JD(G)	131,307	34.46	46,720	12.26
4	Rajkot	Shivlalbhai Veraria		BJP	277,289	53.44	Manoharsinhji Pradumnasinhji Jadeja		INC	222,429	42.87	54,860	10.57
5	Porbandar	Patel Hiralal Madhavjibhai		BJP	192,869	53.64	Manvar Balwantbhai Bachubhai		JD(G)	113,820	31.66	79,049	21.98
6	Junagadh	Chikhaliya Bhavenaben Devrajbhai		BJP	195,821	44.87	Govindbhai Kanjibhai (Shekhada)		JD(G)	117,381	26.90	78,440	17.97
7	Amreli	Dilipbhai Sanghani		BJP	235,950	60.01	Kotadiya Manubhai Naranbhai		JD(G)	139,349	35.44	96,601	24.57
8	Bhavnagar	Mahavirsinh Harisinhji Gohil		BJP	215,604	56.64	Dhanajibhai Baladhiya		INC	125,401	32.94	90,203	23.70
9	Dhandhuka (SC)	Ratilal Verma		BJP	202,061	52.24	Narsinh Makwana		INC	171,545	44.35	30,516	7.89
10	Ahmedabad	Harin Pathak		BJP	233,568	59.26	Maganbhai Barot		INC	141,683	35.94	91,885	23.32
11	Gandhinagar	Lal Krishna Advani		BJP	356,902	57.97	G. I. Patel		INC	231,223	37.56	125,679	20.41
12	Mehsana	A. K. Patel		BJP	251,605	55.51	Patel Babaldas Shankardas		INC	169,583	37.42	82,022	18.09
13	Patan (SC)	Mahesh Kanodiya		BJP	204,115	53.17	Parmar Narendrakumar Muljibhai		JD(G)	159,606	41.58	44,509	11.59
14	Banaskantha	Chavda Harisinhji Patapsinhji		BJP	226,895	53.66	Shah Jayantilal Virchandbhai		JD(G)	174,853	41.35	52,042	12.31
15	Sabarkantha	Arvind Trivedi (Lankesh)		BJP	168,704	48.28	Maganbhai Manibhai Patel		JD(G)	132,286	37.86	36,418	10.42
16	Kapadvanj	Gabhaji Mangaji Thakor		BJP	175,471	52.40	Chauhan Budhaji Jitaji		INC	147,137	43.94	28,334	8.46
17	Dohad (ST)	Damor Somjibhai Punjabhai		INC	155,707	55.27	Bhabhor Sumanbhai Rangjibhai		BJP	105,998	37.62	49,709	17.65
18	Godhra	Veghela Shankerji Laxmanji		BJP	202,171	65.46	Patel Shantilal Purushottamdas		JD(G)	90,694	29.36	111,477	36.10
19	Kaira	K. D. Jeswani		BJP	168,285	48.12	Chauhan Prabtsinh Hathisinh		JD(G)	166,597	47.64	1,688	0.48
20	Anand	Chavda Ishvarbhai Khodabhai		INC	234,875	52.53	Patel Rajnikant Dhulabhai		BJP	198,836	44.47	36,039	8.06
21	Chhota Udaipur (ST)	Naranbhai Jamlabhai Rathava		JD(G)	173,809	52.69	Bhikhubhai Rathava		BJP	129,722	39.33	44,087	13.36
22	Baroda	Dipika Chikhliya		BJP	276,038	49.98	Gaekwad Ranjit Singh Pratapsingh		INC	241,850	43.79	34,188	6.19
23	Broach	Chandubhai Deshmukh		BJP	248,437	46.09	Ahmadbhai Mohammedbhai Patel		INC	226,264	41.97	22,173	4.12
24	Surat	Kashiram Rana		BJP	336,285	56.24	Chaudhary Sahdev Bherabhai		INC	229,931	38.46	106,354	17.78
25	Mandvi (ST)	Gamit Chhitubhai Devjibhai		INC	258,829	60.97	Patel Kanjibhai Maganbhai		BJP	152,813	36.00	106,016	24.97
26	Bulsar (ST)	Uttambhai Harjibhai Patel		INC	190,868	56.92	Khalpabhai Chhaganbhai Patel		BJP	125,260	37.35	65,608	19.57

References

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

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[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".

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