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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 108 · 1987 by-elections

Modasa

Winner — 1987 by-elections

R.M.CHHAGANSINH
INC 43.3%JNP 27.6%6 others 29.1%
Votes
23,127
43.3% share
Winning margin
8,371
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
8

Modasa was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 8,371 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
R.M.CHHAGANSINH
23,1270.0%
2
P.D.SHANKARBHAI
14,7560.0%
3
P.N.DEVJIBHAI
12,8350.0%
4
V.N.MUKUNDRAY
IND
1,3050.0%
5
R.I.VISHRAMSINH
IND
3940.0%
6
B.P.CHANDULAL
IND
3780.0%
7
D.B.RAMSINH
IND
3600.0%
8
M.S.GULABSINH
IND
2680.0%

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 (61st), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.3% · min 1.6% · max 37.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
61st of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.75
fewer partiesmore parties
54th of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.6%
lowerhigher
67th of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
1 seats · 1 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
DOESN'T APPLY

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,92,745
Density
653 / km²
Sex ratio
925 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,204 km²
SC population5.0%
ST population1.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 86.0%Muslim 12.0%Other 2.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water75.7%
Electricity88.6%
Sanitation54.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.0%
Children fully vaccinated77.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.4%
Children underweight (under 5)46.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.4%
Women literate75.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.0%
Clean cooking fuel65.1%
Health insurance36.2%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Agates Stone🏺Milk based Products
Jami Masjid

Jami Masjid

🏛️MonumentASI

Jami Masjid

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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