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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 28 · 1972

Dwarka

Winner — 1972

GORIYA MARKHI JETHA
INC· Congress (R)
INC 58.5%IND 28.0%5 others 13.5%
Votes
23,234
58.5% share
Winning margin
12,117
30.5% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
52.3%
of 75,916

Dwarka is a safe seat — GORIYA MARKHI JETHA won by 30.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GORIYA MARKHI JETHA
Congress (R)
23,23458.5%
2
KESHAVJI G. RAYCHURA
IND
11,11728.0%
3
MANEK JIVABHAI TOYABHA
Grand Alliance
3,5058.8%
4
CHAVADA VALA NATHA
IND
8232.1%
5
KANTILAL DAYABHAI PATEL
IND
7501.9%
6
ATRI N DHANSUKHRAY
IND
2060.5%
7
RAMMIKLAL B MANGIA
IND
670.2%

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.

High turnout (30th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
30.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.2% · min 0.0% · max 49.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
30th of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.27
fewer partiesmore parties
116th of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.7%
lowerhigher
55th of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
168 seats · 85 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.27EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 58.5%IND 28.0%BJS 8.8%OTH 4.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
24,28,589
Density
328 / km²
Sex ratio
952 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,394 km²
SC population7.7%
ST population22.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 93.1%Muslim 6.1%Other 0.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water61.5%
Electricity91.7%
Sanitation38.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.4%
Children fully vaccinated88.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.0%
Children underweight (under 5)41.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.3%
Women literate74.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.0%
Clean cooking fuel58.7%
Health insurance49.3%

What's nearby?

1 location
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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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