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State:	Gujarat
Constituency:	Bhavnagar
Total Votes Polled:	441164
Winner: BJP	Rajendrasinh Ghanshyamsinh Rana	149177
Runner Up: IND	Purshottam Odhavji Solanki	141406
Margin: 7771 (1.81%)

The BJP's share of the vote from here in 1996, when R G Rana was elected on its ticket, was a measly 34.72 %. The last time round , when the BJP won the seat for the first time, its share was a healthy 56.6 % Interestingly, the runner-up in 1996 was an Independent, the Congress candidate coming a distant third.