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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 109 · 1967

Salia

Winner — 1967

R.J. BHATIA
SWA· Swatantra Party
SWA 37.7%IND 37.2%1 others 25.1%
Votes
13,059
37.6% share
Winning margin
147
0.4% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
53.8%
of 64,533

Salia was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.4% — fewer than 147 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
R.J. BHATIA
Swatantra Party
13,05937.6%
2
P.H. PATEL
IND
12,91237.2%
3
K. PRUTHVIRAJSINH
INC
8,71425.1%

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 (49th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.0% · min 0.4% · max 36.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
49th of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.22
fewer partiesmore parties
130th of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
157th of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
168 seats · 85 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.22EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SWA 37.6%IND 37.2%INC 25.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,92,745
Density
653 / km²
Sex ratio
925 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,204 km²
SC population5.0%
ST population1.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 86.0%Muslim 12.0%Other 2.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water75.7%
Electricity88.6%
Sanitation54.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.0%
Children fully vaccinated77.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.4%
Children underweight (under 5)46.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.4%
Women literate75.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.0%
Clean cooking fuel65.1%
Health insurance36.2%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Agates Stone🏺Milk based Products
Stepwell, Borsad

Stepwell, Borsad

🏛️MonumentASI

Stepwell

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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