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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 12 · 1998

Dhrangadhra

Winner — 1998

INDRAVIJAYSINH (I.K.) JADEJA
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 44.5%INC 43.0%8 others 12.5%
Votes
33,698
44.5% share
Winning margin
1,197
1.6% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
60.2%
of 1,25,694

Dhrangadhra was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.6% — fewer than 1,197 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
INDRAVIJAYSINH (I.K.) JADEJA
BJP (NDA)
33,69844.5%
2
PATEL KHETASIBHAI KHUSHALBHAI
INC
32,50143.0%
3
KOLI DHIRAJLAL JESINGBHAI
AIRJP
6,3798.4%
4
PATEL PRAVINBHAI HARIBHAI
1,7652.3%
5
KAGATHARA UMARBHAI AHAMADBHAI
IND
2770.4%
6
SHEKHAVAT KARANSINH NARAYANSINH
IND
2630.3%
7
UDESINH DUNGARSINH ZALA
IND
2440.3%
8
ZALA MAHENDRASINH (MANUBHA) NATUBHA
2310.3%
9
SOLANKI HIMATBHAI DAYABHAI
IND
1790.2%
10
DAVE JAYESHKUMAR LALITKUMAR
IND
1070.1%

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 (103rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.8% · min 0.8% · max 29.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
103rd of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.34
fewer partiesmore parties
99th of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
101st of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
182 seats · 92 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.34EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 44.5%INC 43.0%AIRJP 8.4%OTH 4.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
31,20,506
Density
290 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
10,743 km²
SC population10.5%
ST population9.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 92.6%Muslim 6.8%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water62.0%
Electricity70.7%
Sanitation26.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.9%
Children fully vaccinated43.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.0%
Children underweight (under 5)44.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.0%
Women literate63.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.3%
Clean cooking fuel45.6%
Health insurance41.0%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Food Processing/Milk Preparation🏺Granite and Marble Blocks🏺Soof Embroidery/Applique

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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