Elections 98

State:	Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Constituency:	Dadra & Nagar Haveli(ST)
Total Votes Polled:	74205
Winner: BJP	Delkar Mohanbhai Sanjibhai	38970
Runner Up: SHS	Patel Uttambhai Vajirbhai	30253
Margin: 8717 (22%)

Elections 96

UT:	Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Constituency:	Dadra & Nagar Haveli (ST)
Total Votes Polled:	73032
Winner: INC	Delkar Mohanbhai Sanjibhai	39384
Runner Up: BJP	Gavli Sitarambhai Javyabhai	30035
Margin: 9349 (13.20%)

Delkar Mohanbhai Sanjibhai made his parliamentary debut in 1989, as an independent. He was re-elected in 1991, but as a Congressman, a situation that repeated in 1996 as well when he defeated the BJP's Sitarambhai Javyabhai Gavli by 9000 votes.