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State: Gujarat
Constituency: Bulsar (ST)
Total Votes Polled: 429819
Winner: BJP Manibhai Ramjibhai Chaudhari 198531
Runner Up: INC Uttambhai Harjibhai Patel 198163
Margin: 368 (0.09%)

From the first electionsin 1957, the constituency voted for Nanubhai Patel of the Congress, and stayed with him in 1977 when he fought on a BLD ticket. It reverted to the Congress since then, breaking tradition once in 1989 to vote the Janata Dal. In 1996, however, it was the BJP's M R Chaudhari who was elected MP, defeating his Congress rival by a slender 370 votes.

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