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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 83 · 1985
Mehsana
Winner — 1985
PATEL MANILAL VIRCHANDDAS
INC· INC
INC 62.4%BJP 25.9%6 others 11.7%
Votes
32,536
62.4% share
Winning margin
19,004
36.4% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
46.4%
of 1,12,513
Mehsana is a safe seat — PATEL MANILAL VIRCHANDDAS won by 36.4%.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PATEL MANILAL VIRCHANDDAS | INC | 32,536 | 62.4% |
| 2 | RAJPUT CHANDANSINH SARDARSINH | BJP | 13,532 | 25.9% |
| 3 | CHAUDHARI VIRSINHBHAI VELJIBHAI | Janata | 5,334 | 10.2% |
| 4 | PATEL ISHWARBHAI HARGOVANBAHI | 223 | 0.4% | |
| 5 | PRAJAPATI DASHRATHLAL PURUSHOTTAMDAS | IND | 172 | 0.3% |
| 6 | RAVAL SURESHCHANDRA BABULAL | IND | 153 | 0.3% |
| 7 | THAKOR SHANKARJI SONAJI | IND | 147 | 0.3% |
| 8 | ARYABANDHU SURESHCHANDRA RAMLAL | IND | 58 | 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 (113th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean36.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.4% · min 1.1% · max 36.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
62%
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113th of 182How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.26
fewer partiesmore parties
119th of 182How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.7%
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63rd of 182Where does the house stand?
SEAT
182 seats · 92 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.26EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 62.4%BJP 25.9%JNP 10.2%OTH 1.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
5,85,449
Density
253 / km²
Sex ratio
950 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,316 km²
SC population8.8%
ST population2.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
94%HINDU
Hindu 93.9%Muslim 5.7%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water62.1%
Electricity93.8%
Sanitation57.9%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated82.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.2%
Children underweight (under 5)25.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.6%
Women literate84.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.0%
Clean cooking fuel76.9%
Health insurance42.1%
What's nearby?
11 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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