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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 99 · 1972

Meghraj

Winner — 1972

JETHALAL CHANDULAL GANDHI
NCO 27.7%INC 21.2%8 others 51.0%
Votes
11,348
27.8% share
Winning margin
2,674
6.5% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
61.0%
of 67,032

A clear win with a 6.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JETHALAL CHANDULAL GANDHI
11,34827.8%
2
GULAMNABI HAMIDBHAI ZAZ
Congress (R)
8,67421.2%
3
JAMUBHAI PUJIRAM BHATT
IND
7,65318.7%
4
SHIVABHAI DAHYABHAI PATEL
IND
5,76214.1%
5
PARMANAND P JOSHI
Grand Alliance
2,1915.4%
6
DHULABHAI GOVABHAI TURI
IND
1,9494.8%
7
MANILAL JETHIRAM GHODA
IND
1,4793.6%
8
KANUBHAI MANILAL BHATT
Grand Alliance
1,1252.8%
9
RAJNIKANT T UPADHYAY
IND
4111.0%
10
PRAVIN CHANDRA M SONI
IND
3020.7%

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 (101st), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
6.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.4% · min 2.4% · max 25.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
101st of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.24
fewer partiesmore parties
123rd of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.7%
lowerhigher
60th of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
168 seats · 85 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.24EFFECTIVE PARTIES
NCO 27.8%INC 21.2%IND 18.7%IND 14.1%BJS 5.4%OTH 12.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,80,365
Density
287 / km²
Sex ratio
933 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
10,034 km²
SC population5.5%
ST population0.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
91%HINDU
Hindu 91.4%Muslim 7.4%Other 1.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water72.0%
Electricity92.3%
Sanitation53.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.2%
Children fully vaccinated74.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.6%
Children underweight (under 5)39.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Women literate74.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.0%
Clean cooking fuel59.8%
Health insurance32.2%

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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