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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 147 · 1980 by-elections

Baroda City

Winner — 1980 by-elections

M.DESAI
BJP 51.9%INC(I) 35.1%5 others 12.9%
Votes
27,146
52.0% share
Winning margin
8,798
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
7

Baroda City was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 8,798 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
M.DESAI
27,1460.0%
2
A.A.SHAH
INC(I)
18,3480.0%
3
B.P.VARDHAJI
JNP(JP)
5,3350.0%
4
K.S.BHAGWANDAS
1,0030.0%
5
P.A.AMDUMIYA
IND
2060.0%
6
G.SWAMI
IND
1240.0%
7
M.S.PATEL
IND
940.0%

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 (34th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 22.2% · min 2.3% · max 63.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
34th of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.26
fewer partiesmore parties
121st of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
100th of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
4 seats · 3 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
DOESN'T APPLY

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
41,65,626
Density
552 / km²
Sex ratio
934 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,546 km²
SC population5.3%
ST population27.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.2%Muslim 9.2%Other 1.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water72.6%
Electricity90.7%
Sanitation61.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.9%
Children fully vaccinated84.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.3%
Children underweight (under 5)39.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER72.3%
Women literate84.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER22.8%
Clean cooking fuel78.1%
Health insurance41.7%

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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