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VadodaraLok Sabha by-election result, 2014

Ranjanben Bhatt (BJP) won Vadodara in the 2014 Lok Sabha by-election with 70.6% of the vote, beating Narendra Rawat (INC) by 3,29,507 votes.

Winner — 2014 by-election

Ranjanben Bhatt
BJP 70.6%INC 26.4%2 others + NOTA 3.0%
Votes
5,26,763
70.6% share
Winning margin
3,29,507
44.1% of votes
Total votes cast
7,46,596
Candidates
4
Seat history

All Candidates

4 candidates + NOTA
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
Ranjanben Bhatt
5,26,76370.6%
2
Narendra Rawat
1,97,25626.4%
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NOTA
NOTA
NOTA
14,2571.9%
3
P.G.Bhikhabhai
IND
IND
4,7880.6%
4
P.S.Patel (Dattu)
IND
IND
3,5320.5%

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

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44.1%

winning margin, share of votes

How many people voted?

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46%

of registered voters

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How many parties were really in the race?

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Essentially two

BJP and INC took 97% of the votes.

Effective number of parties: 1.76 — counts each party by its share of the vote.

How much NOTA?

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1.9%

of votes went to NOTA, “None of the above”

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How often does it back the winner?

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How did the vote split?

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70.6%won by BJP
BJP 70.6%INC 26.4%Others 1.1%NOTA 1.9%

Vadodara district · 41.7 lakh people · Census 2011

Known for Sankheda furniture, Engineering Products and Furniture Products, among others.

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Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population (2011)
41,65,626
Density (2011)
552 / km²
Sex ratio (2011)
934 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,546 km²
SC population5.3% (2011)
ST population27.6% (2011)

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
  • Hindu89.2%
  • Muslim9.2%
  • Jain0.7%
  • Christian0.6%
  • Sikh0.2%
  • Buddhist0.1%
  • Other religions (incl. tribal faiths)<0.1%
  • Not stated0.1%

Homes with tap water, electricity and a toilet (Census 2011)

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 · SHARE OF HOUSEHOLDS
Tap water72.6% (2011)
Electric lighting90.7% (2011)
Toilet at home61.7% (2011)

Health and family (NFHS-5, 2019–21)

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.9%
Children fully vaccinated84.9%
Children stunted (under 5)42.3%
Children underweight (under 5)39.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)72.3%
Women literate84.6%
Women married before 1822.8%
Clean cooking fuel78.1%
Health insurance41.7%

What's nearby?

10 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Engineering Products🏺Furniture Products🏺Pharmaceuticals🏺Pithora Painting🏷️Sankheda furnitureGI
Frescoes on the walls of Bhau Tambekar¦s Wada

Frescoes on the walls of Bhau Tambekar¦s Wada

🏛️MonumentASI

Frescoes on the walls of Bhau Tambekar¦s Wada

Hazira or Qutbuddin Mahmad Khan¦s Tomb

Hazira or Qutbuddin Mahmad Khan¦s Tomb

🏛️MonumentASI

Hazira or Qutbuddin Mahmad Khan¦s Tomb

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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