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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 73 · 1962Reserved (SC)

Sami

Winner — 1962

SHANKARDAS RAMDAS MAKVANA
INC· INC
INC 59.6%SWA 27.5%2 others 12.9%
Votes
16,451
59.6% share
Winning margin
8,877
32.2% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
43.6%
of 63,332

Sami is a safe seat — SHANKARDAS RAMDAS MAKVANA won by 32.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHANKARDAS RAMDAS MAKVANA
INC
16,45159.6%
2
HIRALAL RANCHHODDAS PARMAR
Swatantra Party
7,57427.4%
3
LAXMANBHAI DHANJI MAKVANA
REP
2,0377.4%
4
SADASHIVE JETHIDAS VYAS
IND
1,5275.5%

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 (105th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
32.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 23.8% · min 3.6% · max 48.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
105th of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.22
fewer partiesmore parties
129th of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
102nd of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
154 seats · 78 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.22EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 59.6%SWA 27.4%REP 7.4%IND 5.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
38,04,558
Density
340 / km²
Sex ratio
927 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
11,198 km²
SC population7.6%
ST population0.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.3%Muslim 9.5%Other 1.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water83.2%
Electricity95.5%
Sanitation69.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.3%
Children fully vaccinated84.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.9%
Children underweight (under 5)37.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.5%
Women literate84.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER12.1%
Clean cooking fuel83.6%
Health insurance45.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Ceramic Tiles & Sanitary Ware🏺Engineering Goods/Machine products🏺Pottery🏺Single Ikat weaving

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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