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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 125 · 1972

Petlad

Winner — 1972

PRABHUDAS S. PATEL
INC· Congress (R)
INC 45.1%NCO 36.7%5 others 18.2%
Votes
21,864
45.1% share
Winning margin
4,071
8.4% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
65.6%
of 73,855

A clear win with a 8.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PRABHUDAS S. PATEL
Congress (R)
21,86445.1%
2
FULABHAI VARDHABHAI PATEL
17,79336.7%
3
JAYENDRABHAI V. BHATT
Grand Alliance
4,3609.0%
4
JASHBHAI BHUNIBHAI PATEL
Grand Alliance
3,1486.5%
5
ZAVERBHAI B. PATEL
IND
6221.3%
6
PATANWADIA S. BHIKHABHAI
IND
5211.1%
7
MATHURSINH J. VAGHELA
IND
1580.3%

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 (117th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.8% · min 0.4% · max 54.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
117th of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.41
fewer partiesmore parties
88th of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
40th of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
168 seats · 85 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.41EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 45.1%NCO 36.7%BJS 9.0%SWA 6.5%OTH 2.7%

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?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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