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Gujarat · PC 15 · 2014

Bhavnagar

Winner — Lok Sabha 2014

DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 59.9%INC 27.7%15 others 12.4%
Votes
5,49,529
59.9% share
Winning margin
2,95,488
32.2% of votes
Total votes cast
9,17,402
Candidates
17
Seat history

1 of 17 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.03 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

17 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL
NDA (NDA)
5,49,52959.9%
2
RATHOD PRAVINBHAI JINABHAI
UPA
2,54,04127.7%
3
DR. KANUBHAI V. KALSARIA
49,5405.4%
NOTA
NOTA
9,5901.1%
5
GITA CHETAN PAUNDA (ADVOCATE GITABA JADEJA)
9,3451.0%
6
VAGHELA NARENDRABHAI SHAVJIBHAI
IND
9,1131.0%
7
VEGAD NATHABHAI (VEGADBHAI PRAGNACHAKSHU CANDIDATE)
IND
7,5500.8%
8
BHAVES GHANSHYAMBHAI RAJYAGURU
IND
5,9120.6%
9
RATHOD PRAVINSINH CHANDRASINH
IND
5,5300.6%
10
KAGADA RAMESHBHAI PUNABHAI
IND
3,5420.4%
11
RASIDKHAN HASANKHAN PATHAN
IND
2,7070.3%
12
GOHIL PRAVINSINH DHIRUBHA
IND
2,2760.3%
13
MARU MANHAR VALAJIBHAI
IND
2,2570.3%
14
MEHTA YASHVANTRAY ODHAVJIBHAI
IND
1,8520.2%
15
GOHEL BHARATBHAI BHIMABHAI
IND
1,7340.2%
16
JAGADISHBHAI AMARABHAI VEGAD
IND
1,5250.2%
17
KHADRANI ASIMBHAI PIRBHAI
IND
1,3590.1%

Low turnout (23rd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
32.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.7% · min 0.9% · max 43.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
55%
lowerhigher
23rd of 26

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.88
fewer partiesmore parties
18th of 26

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
5th of 26

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.88EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 59.9%INC 27.7%AAP 5.4%OTH 6.0%NOTA 1.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
1/16

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.03 Cr

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,80,365
Density
287 / km²
Sex ratio
933 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
10,034 km²
SC population5.5%
ST population0.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
91%HINDU
Hindu 91.4%Muslim 7.4%Other 1.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water72.0%
Electricity92.3%
Sanitation53.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.2%
Children fully vaccinated74.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.6%
Children underweight (under 5)39.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Women literate74.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.0%
Clean cooking fuel59.8%
Health insurance32.2%

What's nearby?

11 locations
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Ancient Site/Mound, Sihor

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Ancient Site/Mound

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Ancient Site/Mound, Vallabhipur

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient Site/Mound

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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