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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 122 · 1972

Borsad

Winner — 1972

UMEDBHAI FATESINH GOHEL
INC· Congress (R)
INC 62.2%NCO 33.6%3 others 4.1%
Votes
30,069
62.2% share
Winning margin
13,822
28.6% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
61.2%
of 78,896

Borsad is a safe seat — UMEDBHAI FATESINH GOHEL won by 28.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
UMEDBHAI FATESINH GOHEL
Congress (R)
30,06962.2%
2
GOKALBHAI KASHIBHAI PATEL
16,24733.6%
3
A. RAHIMKHAN PATHAN
IND
8601.8%
4
PRAMODBHAI S. PATEL
IND
6111.3%
5
RAMANBHAI B. PADHYYAR
IND
5311.1%

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 (96th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
28.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.0% · min 0.1% · max 33.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
96th of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.63
fewer partiesmore parties
3rd of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
47th of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
168 seats · 85 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.63EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 62.2%NCO 33.6%OTH 4.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
23,90,776
Density
457 / km²
Sex ratio
949 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,231 km²
SC population4.2%
ST population30.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 92.9%Muslim 6.6%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water27.2%
Electricity89.3%
Sanitation27.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births88.4%
Children fully vaccinated95.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.1%
Children underweight (under 5)51.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER69.8%
Women literate71.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.1%
Clean cooking fuel43.6%
Health insurance34.0%

What's nearby?

7 locations
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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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