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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 161 · 1990Reserved (ST)

Nijhar

Winner — 1990

VASAVA GOVINDBHAI BARKIABHAI
INC· INC
INC 54.3%BJP 33.3%6 others 12.4%
Votes
30,104
54.3% share
Winning margin
11,680
21.1% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
41.9%
of 1,32,176

Nijhar is a safe seat — VASAVA GOVINDBHAI BARKIABHAI won by 21.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VASAVA GOVINDBHAI BARKIABHAI
INC
30,10454.3%
2
PADVI SUBHASHBHAI ROTUBHAI
BJP
18,42433.3%
3
TUKARAMBHAI NURJIBHAI VALVI
IND
2,5774.7%
4
GAMIT LALSING TETIA
Left
2,1423.9%
5
CHAUDHARI PREMBHAI MACHABHAI
9771.8%
6
GAMIT NARENDRABHAI REVABHAI
IND
5631.0%
7
GAMIT JIVANBHAI NATHUBHAI
IND
3900.7%
8
PADVI MAGANBHAI RESHABHAI
IND
2280.4%

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.

Low turnout (166th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
21.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.5% · min 1.4% · max 59.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
56%
lowerhigher
166th of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.10
fewer partiesmore parties
154th of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
178th of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
182 seats · 92 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 54.3%BJP 33.3%OTH 12.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
60,81,322
Density
1337 / km²
Sex ratio
788 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,549 km²
SC population2.6%
ST population14.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 86.5%Muslim 10.9%Other 2.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water80.6%
Electricity96.4%
Sanitation84.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.7%
Children fully vaccinated92.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.1%
Children underweight (under 5)32.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER69.0%
Women literate84.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.1%
Clean cooking fuel88.6%
Health insurance31.6%

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.

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