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State:	Gujarat
Constituency:	Patan (SC)
Total Votes Polled:	313364
Winner: BJP	Maheshkumar Mithabhai Kanodia	180761
Runner Up: INC	Leuva Poonamchand Mohanlal	91938
Margin: 88823 (28.91%)

Former Congress strongman Yogendra Makwana tried his luck here in 1989, the year that the Janata Dal first won this constituency. In 1991, the BJP's Mahesh Kanodia managed to wrest the seat, and retained it in 1996 as well, increasing his tally in fact to 58.83 % from 53.2 % the first time.