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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 170 · 1980
Surat City East
Winner — 1980
CHOHAN JASHAWANTSINH DANSINH
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 48.0%BJP 46.6%5 others 5.3%
Votes
19,082
48.0% share
Winning margin
574
1.4% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
42.8%
of 92,766
Surat City East was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.4% — fewer than 574 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHOHAN JASHAWANTSINH DANSINH |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 19,082 | 48.0% |
| 2 | KASHIRAM CHHABILDAS RANA | BJP | 18,508 | 46.6% |
| 3 | VAIWALA FARSARAM ZAVERBHAI | JNP(JP) | 1,403 | 3.5% |
| 4 | JHAVERI DHANSUKHLAL CHAMPAKLAL | IND | 300 | 0.8% |
| 5 | RANA GAMANLAL SHANTILAL | IND | 169 | 0.4% |
| 6 | JARIWALA RAMANLAL BRIJLAL | 162 | 0.4% | |
| 7 | LAHEJATWALA NAGINDAS NANABHAI | IND | 89 | 0.2% |
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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.
High turnout (19th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe1.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.6% · min 1.4% · max 50.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
74%
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19th of 182How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.78
fewer partiesmore parties
51st of 182How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.8%
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36th of 182Where does the house stand?
SEAT
182 seats · 92 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.78EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 48.0%BJP 46.6%OTH 5.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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
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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.