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State:	Gujarat
Constituency:	Gandhinagar
Total Votes Polled:	498010
Winner: BJP	Atalbihari Vajpayee	323583
Runner Up: INC	Popatlal V Patel	134711
Margin: 188872 (38.74%)

The constituency that returned L K Advani, who won 57.1 % of the vote, after the tumult of the rath yatra which he led. The constituency went one better, elected Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the man who remained prime minister a full 13 days. The ex-PM even managed to increase his party's tally from this constituency to an impressive 66.38 %.