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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 163 · 1980Reserved (ST)

Songadh

Winner — 1980

GAMIT VASANJIBHAI GANJIBHAI
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 58.6%JNP(JP) 33.5%1 others 7.9%
Votes
16,108
58.6% share
Winning margin
6,905
25.1% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
34.8%
of 78,914

Songadh is a safe seat — GAMIT VASANJIBHAI GANJIBHAI won by 25.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GAMIT VASANJIBHAI GANJIBHAI
INC(I)
Congress (I)
16,10858.6%
2
DONWALA NARANBHAI HARIBHAI
JNP(JP)
9,20333.5%
3
PATEL SONABEN BHIKUBHAI
Left
2,1597.9%

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.

Low turnout (149th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
25.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 25.6% · min 1.5% · max 57.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
149th of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.79
fewer partiesmore parties
49th of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
182nd of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
182 seats · 92 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.79EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 58.6%JNP(JP) 33.5%CPI 7.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
60,81,322
Density
1337 / km²
Sex ratio
788 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,549 km²
SC population2.6%
ST population14.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 86.5%Muslim 10.9%Other 2.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water80.6%
Electricity96.4%
Sanitation84.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.7%
Children fully vaccinated92.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.1%
Children underweight (under 5)32.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER69.0%
Women literate84.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.1%
Clean cooking fuel88.6%
Health insurance31.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Gems and Jewellery🏷️SadeliGI🏺Zari and Zardosi

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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