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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 35 · 1972Reserved (SC)

Manavadar

Winner — 1972

VANVI DEVJI BHIKHA
INC· Congress (R)
INC 53.0%BJS 32.1%4 others 14.9%
Votes
15,590
53.0% share
Winning margin
6,155
20.9% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
43.9%
of 66,925

Manavadar is a safe seat — VANVI DEVJI BHIKHA won by 20.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VANVI DEVJI BHIKHA
Congress (R)
15,59053.0%
2
KALIDAS HAMIRBHAI PARGHI
Grand Alliance
9,43532.1%
3
GIRDHARLAL V VAGHELA
2,5478.7%
4
PUNJA HAJA ROTHOL
Grand Alliance
6382.2%
5
MANHARLALA CHAVDA
IND
6272.1%
6
AMRA KARSAN PARMAR
IND
5681.9%

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 (78th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
20.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.0% · min 2.0% · max 34.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
78th of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.28
fewer partiesmore parties
115th of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
42nd of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
168 seats · 85 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.28EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 53.0%BJS 32.1%NCO 8.7%OTH 6.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,91,753
Density
650 / km²
Sex ratio
923 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,140 km²
SC population7.8%
ST population1.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%HINDU
Hindu 94.8%Other 5.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water89.6%
Electricity91.4%
Sanitation59.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.8%
Children fully vaccinated77.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.1%
Children underweight (under 5)44.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER68.8%
Women literate81.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.6%
Clean cooking fuel76.9%
Health insurance29.7%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Software & Financial Services🏺Wood work/ Block Making
Rudabai Stepwell with inscription

Rudabai Stepwell with inscription

🏛️MonumentASI

Rudabai Stepwell with inscription

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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