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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 42 · 1998

Junagadh

Winner — 1998

MASHARU MAHENDRABHAI LILADHAR
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 69.9%INC 20.1%3 others 10.0%
Votes
51,137
69.9% share
Winning margin
36,419
49.8% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
40.9%
of 1,78,939

Junagadh is a safe seat — MASHARU MAHENDRABHAI LILADHAR won by 49.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MASHARU MAHENDRABHAI LILADHAR
BJP (NDA)
51,13769.9%
2
KHANDEREEYA PURNIMABEN MANOJBHAI
INC
14,71820.1%
3
GAJERA BHIKHABHAI CHANABHAI
AIRJP
6,7209.2%
4
HARIBHAI MADHABHAI RANAVA
3940.5%
5
VADODARIYA JIVABHAI RAVAJIBHAI
IND
2240.3%

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 (150th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
49.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 30.8% · min 10.2% · max 66.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
150th of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.41
fewer partiesmore parties
87th of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
144th of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
182 seats · 92 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.41EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 69.9%INC 20.1%AIRJP 9.2%OTH 0.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
72,14,225
Density
890 / km²
Sex ratio
905 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,107 km²
SC population10.5%
ST population1.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
84%HINDU
Hindu 83.8%Muslim 12.2%Other 4.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water84.6%
Electricity97.4%
Sanitation83.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.5%
Children fully vaccinated65.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.5%
Children underweight (under 5)34.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.7%
Women literate81.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER17.5%
Clean cooking fuel89.7%
Health insurance36.2%

What's nearby?

8 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Gamthi Block print🏺Garment & Apparel🏺Mata ni Pachedi/ Saudagiri Block Print🏺Terracotta
Great Mosque

Great Mosque

🏛️MonumentASI

Great Mosque

Great Tank, Palace & Harem

Great Tank, Palace & Harem

🏛️MonumentASI

Great Tank, Palace & Harem

Pavilion Before the Tomb of Saikh Ahmed Khatau Ganj Baksh

Pavilion Before the Tomb of Saikh Ahmed Khatau Ganj Baksh

🏛️MonumentASI

Pavilion Before the Tomb of Saikh Ahmed Khatau Ganj Baksh

Roza of Bava Alisar & Bava Ganj Baksh

Roza of Bava Alisar & Bava Ganj Baksh

🏛️MonumentASI

Roza of Bava Alisar & Bava Ganj Baksh

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Tomb of Muhammad Begarh

🏛️MonumentASI

Tomb of Muhammad Begarh

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Tomb of Shaikh Ahmed Khatau Ganj Baksh.

🏛️MonumentASI

Tomb of Shaikh Ahmed Khatau Ganj Baksh.

Tomb of bibi Rajbai

Tomb of bibi Rajbai

🏛️MonumentASI

Tomb of bibi Rajbai

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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