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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 16 · 1972

Rajkot I

Winner — 1972

MANSUKHBHAI JOSHI
INC· Congress (R)
INC 59.9%BJS 39.1%2 others 1.0%
Votes
24,695
59.9% share
Winning margin
8,584
20.8% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
55.4%
of 74,420

Rajkot I is a safe seat — MANSUKHBHAI JOSHI won by 20.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MANSUKHBHAI JOSHI
Congress (R)
24,69559.9%
2
ARVINDBHAI MANIAR
Grand Alliance
16,11139.1%
3
SHASHIKANT K MAVANI
IND
2330.6%
4
BALWANTRAY C KUMDAR
IND
1780.4%

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 (79th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
20.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.1% · min 2.5% · max 26.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
79th of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.22
fewer partiesmore parties
126th of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
44th of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
168 seats · 85 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.22EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 59.9%BJS 39.1%OTH 1.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,43,734
Density
232 / km²
Sex ratio
935 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,792 km²
SC population9.2%
ST population1.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 88.9%Muslim 10.6%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water86.6%
Electricity83.0%
Sanitation46.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.6%
Children fully vaccinated81.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.5%
Children underweight (under 5)42.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.8%
Women literate71.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.4%
Clean cooking fuel62.6%
Health insurance50.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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