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State:	Gujarat
Constituency:	Anand
Total Votes Polled:	371592
Winner: INC	Chavda Ishwarbhai Khodabhai	183107
Runner Up: BJP	Prof Kishorsinh Solanki	151375
Margin: 31732 (8.78%)

I K Chavda won the seat for the first time for the Congress in 1980, and after two terms as MP was defeated by in 1989 by the BJP's Nathubhai M Patel. The HQ of the milk revolution made restitution to Chavda in 1991, and re-elected him in 1996, although reducing his vote tally from 52.5 % to 50.66 %.