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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 74 · 1962

Chanasma

Winner — 1962

PREHALADJI HARGOVINDDAS PATEL
INC· INC
INC 42.9%SWA 34.0%2 others 23.0%
Votes
19,866
43.0% share
Winning margin
4,121
8.9% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
65.5%
of 70,651

A clear win with a 8.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PREHALADJI HARGOVINDDAS PATEL
INC
19,86643.0%
2
BHOGIBHAI KANJIBHAI PATEL
Swatantra Party
15,74534.0%
3
PIRAJI PUJAJI JHAKARDA
IND
8,05517.4%
4
BHIKHABHAI KASHIRAM PATEL
IND
2,5885.6%

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 (102nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
8.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 25.1% · min 3.2% · max 85.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
102nd of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.40
fewer partiesmore parties
89th of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
137th of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
154 seats · 78 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.40EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 43.0%SWA 34.0%IND 17.4%IND 5.6%

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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