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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 60 · 1962
Prantij
Winner — 1962
SHANTUBHAI CHUNIBHAI PATEL
INC· INC
INC 52.6%SWA 33.6%3 others 13.7%
Votes
21,871
52.6% share
Winning margin
7,909
19.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
63.6%
of 65,273
Prantij is a safe seat — SHANTUBHAI CHUNIBHAI PATEL won by 19.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHANTUBHAI CHUNIBHAI PATEL | INC | 21,871 | 52.6% |
| 2 | KISHORSING UMEDSING CHAVDA | Swatantra Party | 13,962 | 33.6% |
| 3 | DHIRUBHAI CHHOTUBHAI DESAI | Praja Socialist Party | 3,489 | 8.4% |
| 4 | MATHURBHAI JESANGBHAI PATEL | IND | 1,428 | 3.4% |
| 5 | JYANTILAL BHOGILAL BHATT | IND | 793 | 1.9% |
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 (104th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe19.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.7% · min 0.7% · max 70.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
63%
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104th of 182How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.45
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82nd of 182How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.9%
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32nd of 182Where does the house stand?
SEAT
154 seats · 78 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.45EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 52.6%SWA 33.6%PSP 8.4%OTH 5.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,56,268
Density
169 / km²
Sex ratio
930 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
10,423 km²
SC population10.2%
ST population1.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 92.3%Muslim 6.3%Other 1.5%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water69.6%
Electricity88.2%
Sanitation35.3%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.6%
Children fully vaccinated62.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.2%
Children underweight (under 5)41.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.6%
Women literate75.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.5%
Clean cooking fuel56.9%
Health insurance50.4%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Single Ikat weaving🏺Spinning and Cotton Yarn🏷️Tangaliya ShawlGI
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.