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State:	Gujarat
Constituency:	Kapadvanj
Total Votes Polled:	309748
Winner: BJP	Chauhan Jaysinhji Mansingji	172476
Runner Up: INC	Chauhan Fulsinh Vajesigh	88539
Margin: 83937 (27.54%)

The Congress has actually won this seat only thrice so far, four times if you include the INC-Organisation. In the last three elections the constituency has voted the BJP, its electoral foe being the Congress and not the Janata Dal. Despite a hat-trick, the BJP's share of the vote has actually fallen from 63.2 % to 56.59 %.