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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 70 · 1980

Shahpur

Winner — 1980

KAMDAR VADILAL RATILAL
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 55.0%IND 22.2%3 others 22.7%
Votes
22,611
55.0% share
Winning margin
13,480
32.8% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
51.3%
of 80,089

Shahpur is a safe seat — KAMDAR VADILAL RATILAL won by 32.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KAMDAR VADILAL RATILAL
INC(I)
Congress (I)
22,61155.0%
2
P. C. PATEL
IND
9,13122.2%
3
PATEL PRAHLADBHAI SHAMBHUDAS
BJP
8,00519.5%
4
ANILKUMAR DOLATRAM DATANIYA
IND
1,1272.7%
5
ACHARYA DINKERRAI VAJESHANKER
IND
2050.5%

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 (141st), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
32.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.8% · min 1.6% · max 51.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
141st of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.06
fewer partiesmore parties
161st of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
92nd of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
182 seats · 92 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.06EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 55.0%IND 22.2%BJP 19.5%OTH 3.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
38,04,558
Density
340 / km²
Sex ratio
927 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
11,198 km²
SC population7.6%
ST population0.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.3%Muslim 9.5%Other 1.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water83.2%
Electricity95.5%
Sanitation69.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.3%
Children fully vaccinated84.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.9%
Children underweight (under 5)37.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.5%
Women literate84.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER12.1%
Clean cooking fuel83.6%
Health insurance45.1%

What's nearby?

2 locations
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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