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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 25 · 1980
Jamnagar
Winner — 1980
M. K. BLOCH
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 46.8%BJP 24.9%6 others 28.3%
Votes
17,022
46.8% share
Winning margin
7,949
21.8% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
40.4%
of 90,143
Jamnagar is a safe seat — M. K. BLOCH won by 21.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. K. BLOCH |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 17,022 | 46.8% |
| 2 | DR. BASANTBHAI SANGHAVI | BJP | 9,073 | 24.9% |
| 3 | LILADHAR PATEL | IND | 7,064 | 19.4% |
| 4 | VINODBHAI B. SHETH | JNP(JP) | 2,580 | 7.1% |
| 5 | SOMCHAND SHAH | IND | 550 | 1.5% |
| 6 | DHOLAKIYA KANTILAL TULSIDAS | IND | 49 | 0.1% |
| 7 | SHEKHAVA VIRJI MAVJI | IND | 39 | 0.1% |
| 8 | VANDHA IQUBAL HASAN | IND | 28 | 0.1% |
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 (110th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe21.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.7% · min 1.6% · max 39.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
110th of 182How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.42
fewer partiesmore parties
86th of 182How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.4%
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124th of 182Where does the house stand?
SEAT
182 seats · 92 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 46.8%BJP 24.9%IND 19.4%JNP(JP) 7.1%OTH 1.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,35,064
Density
462 / km²
Sex ratio
926 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,401 km²
SC population8.0%
ST population0.5%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 92.7%Muslim 6.7%Other 0.6%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water88.3%
Electricity90.5%
Sanitation54.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.3%
Children fully vaccinated79.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.0%
Children underweight (under 5)41.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER69.3%
Women literate75.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.3%
Clean cooking fuel63.1%
Health insurance40.7%
What's nearby?
4 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · 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.