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Bombay · Assembly Constituency 70 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Gomtipur

19511957

Winner — 1957

VASAVDA SHAMPRASAD RUPSHANKER
INC· INC
Also elected — same seat
PARMAR JESINGJI GOVINDBHAI
INC· 36,643 votes
INC 25.1%IND 24.6%3 others 50.3%
Votes
38,759
25.1% share
Winning margin
897
0.6% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
61.9%
of 1,24,531

Gomtipur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.6% — fewer than 897 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
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All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VASAVDA SHAMPRASAD RUPSHANKER
INC
38,75925.1%
2
MEHTA DINKARRAO KRISHNALAL
IND
37,86224.6%
3
PARMAR JESINGJI GOVINDBHAI
INC
36,64323.8%
4
MAKWANA SOMCHANDRA JASABHAI
IND
35,12522.8%
5
SHARMA RAMPYARE SHIVARATAN
IND
5,7753.8%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (119th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
0.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 4.1% · min 0.6% · max 7.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
119th of 339

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
4.29
fewer partiesmore parties
25th of 339

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
396 seats · 199 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
4.29EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 25.1%IND 24.6%INC 23.8%IND 22.8%OTH 3.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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