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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 38 · 1975

Somnath

Winner — 1975

SHIEKH AVASHABEGUMSAHEB MOHAMMED ALI
INC· Congress (R)
INC 36.2%BJS 29.1%6 others 34.7%
Votes
16,701
36.2% share
Winning margin
3,290
7.1% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
61.7%
of 74,649

A clear win with a 7.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHIEKH AVASHABEGUMSAHEB MOHAMMED ALI
Congress (R)
16,70136.2%
2
DODIYA HAMIRSINH MANDA
Grand Alliance
13,41129.1%
3
CHUDASMA BIJALBHAI LALBHAI
KLP
9,34020.3%
4
RAM BACHU LAKHAMAN
IND
3,3707.3%
5
CHANDIYA JADAV VALA
IND
1,9574.3%
6
DAVANI RAMNIKLAL VRAJLAL
IND
7011.5%
7
VAZA MANGAL JETHA
IND
3320.7%
8
MITHANI PRAFULACHANDRA MAGANLAL
IND
2730.6%

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 (45th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
7.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.8% · min 0.2% · max 57.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
45th of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.19
fewer partiesmore parties
136th of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
128th of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
181 seats · 91 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.19EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 36.2%BJS 29.1%KLP 20.3%IND 7.3%OTH 7.1%

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?

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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