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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 19 · 1975Reserved (SC)
Rajkot Rural
Winner — 1975
WAGHELA BHANUBHAI GIGABHAI
INC· Congress (R)
INC 60.6%BJS 21.6%2 others 17.8%
Votes
22,155
60.6% share
Winning margin
14,254
39.0% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
53.9%
of 67,758
Rajkot Rural is a safe seat — WAGHELA BHANUBHAI GIGABHAI won by 39.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WAGHELA BHANUBHAI GIGABHAI | Congress (R) | 22,155 | 60.6% |
| 2 | MEVADA PUNJABHAI KANJI | Grand Alliance | 7,901 | 21.6% |
| 3 | KHANDVI AMARJI DALAJI | KLP | 5,949 | 16.3% |
| 4 | CHAVDA BHALABHAI KARASHANBHAI | IND | 546 | 1.5% |
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 (48th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe39.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 22.1% · min 1.3% · max 56.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
70%
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48th of 182How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.22
fewer partiesmore parties
127th of 182How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.0%
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170th of 182Where does the house stand?
SEAT
181 seats · 91 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.22EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 60.6%BJS 21.6%KLP 16.3%OTH 1.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
3 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.