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Added on : 2017-12-19 11:11:02

The Gujarat elections this time were a lot closer than in 2012, so you might expect that margins in seats would be a lot tighter too. Surprisingly, BJP’s average margin is actually higher at 29,970 than last time’s 26,237. The Congress average of 13,354 is slightly lower than the 13,577 it averaged in 2012. That, in fact, goes a long way towards explaining why the race became so close despite BJP gaining 1.2 percentage points in vote share compared with 2012.

The Gujarat elections this time were a lot closer than in 2012, so you might expect that margins in seats would be a lot tighter too. Surprisingly, BJP’s average margin is actually higher at 29,970 than last time’s 26,237. The Congress average of 13,354 is slightly lower than the 13,577 it averaged in 2012. That, in fact, goes a long way towards explaining why the race became so close despite BJP gaining 1.2 percentage points in vote share compared with 2012.

Editor & Publisher : Dr Dhimant Purohit

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