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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 116 · 1962

Devgadh Baria

Winner — 1962

RAOL SHRIMANT MAHARAJA JAYDEEPSINHJI
SWA· Swatantra Party
SWA 86.1%INC 9.2%2 others 4.7%
Votes
32,444
86.1% share
Winning margin
28,961
76.8% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
57.7%
of 65,311

Devgadh Baria is a safe seat — RAOL SHRIMANT MAHARAJA JAYDEEPSINHJI won by 76.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAOL SHRIMANT MAHARAJA JAYDEEPSINHJI
Swatantra Party
32,44486.1%
2
JASWANTLAL DHANSUKHLAL SHAH
INC
3,4839.2%
3
JAYANTKUMAR KASHIRAM PANDYA
NJP
9702.6%
4
JESING BHAIJI CHUVAN
8042.1%

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 (130th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
76.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 24.3% · min 2.7% · max 76.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
130th of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.03
fewer partiesmore parties
162nd of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.2%
lowerhigher
13th of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
154 seats · 78 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.03EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SWA 86.1%INC 9.2%OTH 4.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,99,885
Density
582 / km²
Sex ratio
940 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,953 km²
SC population5.0%
ST population1.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 87.0%Muslim 11.5%Other 1.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water65.4%
Electricity80.5%
Sanitation37.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.2%
Children fully vaccinated69.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.3%
Children underweight (under 5)39.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER76.1%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.2%
Clean cooking fuel48.0%
Health insurance32.2%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Agro Products🏺Food Processing Papaya🏺Mathia

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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