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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 109 · 1972

Salia

Winner — 1972

RAMESH CHANDRA Y. PARMAR
INC· Congress (R)
INC 51.8%IND 15.7%6 others 32.5%
Votes
15,819
51.8% share
Winning margin
11,022
36.1% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
41.3%
of 74,016

Salia is a safe seat — RAMESH CHANDRA Y. PARMAR won by 36.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMESH CHANDRA Y. PARMAR
Congress (R)
15,81951.8%
2
K. K. SINHJI K. JADAV
IND
4,79715.7%
3
RAMUBHAI JETHABHAI BHATIA
3,42811.2%
4
TERSINH VECHATBHAI BARIA
Grand Alliance
2,3747.8%
5
CHHAGANBHAI V. BHIL BARIA
IND
1,4494.7%
6
JAYANTKUMAR K. PANDYA
IND
1,2084.0%
7
JAYSING BHAVABHAI BARIA
IND
7762.5%
8
JITSINH KAGUBHAI PARMAR
6942.3%

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

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
36.1%
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
INC 51.8%IND 15.7%NCO 11.2%SWA 7.8%OTH 13.5%

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
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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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