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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 143 · 1972

Broach

Winner — 1972

PIYUSHBHAI D THAKORE
INC· Congress (R)
INC 58.5%NCO 26.2%3 others 15.3%
Votes
29,744
58.5% share
Winning margin
16,453
32.4% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
60.8%
of 83,545

Broach is a safe seat — PIYUSHBHAI D THAKORE won by 32.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PIYUSHBHAI D THAKORE
Congress (R)
29,74458.5%
2
CHANDRASHANKER M BHATT
13,29126.2%
3
JARIVALA AMAR BABUBHAI
Grand Alliance
5,81411.4%
4
AHMEDBHAI S G MEGHANI
Grand Alliance
1,0392.0%
5
AIBRAHIMBHAI GENDI
IND
9241.8%

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 (137th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
32.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 24.2% · min 3.7% · max 47.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
137th of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.91
fewer partiesmore parties
166th of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.7%
lowerhigher
57th of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
168 seats · 85 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.91EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 58.5%NCO 26.2%BJS 11.4%OTH 3.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
41,65,626
Density
552 / km²
Sex ratio
934 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,546 km²
SC population5.3%
ST population27.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.2%Muslim 9.2%Other 1.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water72.6%
Electricity90.7%
Sanitation61.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.9%
Children fully vaccinated84.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.3%
Children underweight (under 5)39.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER72.3%
Women literate84.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER22.8%
Clean cooking fuel78.1%
Health insurance41.7%

What's nearby?

6 locations
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