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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 20 · 1985
Gondal
Winner — 1985
SORATHIYA POPATBHAI LAKHABHAI
INC· INC
INC 64.5%BJP 31.2%6 others 4.3%
Votes
28,148
64.5% share
Winning margin
14,554
33.4% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
43.4%
of 1,00,537
Gondal is a safe seat — SORATHIYA POPATBHAI LAKHABHAI won by 33.4%.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SORATHIYA POPATBHAI LAKHABHAI | INC | 28,148 | 64.5% |
| 2 | VIRADIYA JETHALAL KARSANBHAI | BJP | 13,594 | 31.2% |
| 3 | TANK KANJI BHAGWANJI | IND | 456 | 1.1% |
| 4 | VORA BIPINCHANDRA BABULAL | IND | 339 | 0.8% |
| 5 | SATODIYA RAVJIBHAI KANJI | IND | 321 | 0.7% |
| 6 | BHATTI BHIKHALAL PREMJI | 290 | 0.7% | |
| 7 | RATHOD CHANDRAKANT KANTILAL | IND | 277 | 0.6% |
| 8 | GHELANI HASMUKHRA HARILAL | IND | 194 | 0.4% |
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 (58th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean33.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.9% · min 0.5% · max 38.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
68%
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58th of 182How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.30
fewer partiesmore parties
10th of 182How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.7%
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54th of 182Where does the house stand?
SEAT
182 seats · 92 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.30EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 64.5%BJP 31.2%OTH 4.3%
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?
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.