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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 101 · 1962

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Winner — 1962

MANMOHANDAS BHAGWANDAS DESAI
SWA· Swatantra Party
SWA 50.4%INC 46.5%1 others 3.1%
Votes
20,939
50.4% share
Winning margin
1,633
3.9% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
63.0%
of 65,968

A closely fought contest. MANMOHANDAS BHAGWANDAS DESAI won with a 3.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MANMOHANDAS BHAGWANDAS DESAI
Swatantra Party
20,93950.4%
2
CHUNIBHAI MULJIBHAI PATEL
INC
19,30646.5%
3
JITENDRABHAI KANAIYALAL PARIKH
1,2913.1%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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.

Average turnout (124th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
3.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.8% · min 1.1% · max 39.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
124th of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.77
fewer partiesmore parties
53rd of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
163rd of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
154 seats · 78 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.77EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SWA 50.4%INC 46.5%OTH 3.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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