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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 137 · 1980
Matar
Winner — 1980
PATEL PARSHOTTAMBHAI CHATURBHAI
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 60.7%BJP 20.4%3 others 19.0%
Votes
31,384
60.6% share
Winning margin
20,841
40.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
56.4%
of 91,732
Matar is a safe seat — PATEL PARSHOTTAMBHAI CHATURBHAI won by 40.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PATEL PARSHOTTAMBHAI CHATURBHAI |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 31,384 | 60.6% |
| 2 | PATEL RAVJIBHAI CHHOTABHAI | BJP | 10,543 | 20.4% |
| 3 | PATEL RAMANBHAI NARSINHBHAI | IND | 5,434 | 10.5% |
| 4 | BRAHMBHATT VISHNUBHAI DAHYABHAI | IND | 2,616 | 5.1% |
| 5 | CHAVDA DHIRUBHAI AMARSANG | IND | 1,768 | 3.4% |
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 (92nd), a typical margin, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe40.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.4% · min 0.7% · max 42.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
64%
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92nd of 182How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.12
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23rd of 182How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.9%
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3rd of 182Where does the house stand?
SEAT
182 seats · 92 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.12EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 60.6%BJP 20.4%IND 10.5%IND 5.1%OTH 3.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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%
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