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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 53 · 1998

Kundla

Winner — 1998

VIRANI KALUBHAI VIRJIBHAI
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 57.8%INC 30.6%4 others 11.5%
Votes
37,037
57.8% share
Winning margin
17,407
27.2% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
49.6%
of 1,29,097

Kundla is a safe seat — VIRANI KALUBHAI VIRJIBHAI won by 27.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VIRANI KALUBHAI VIRJIBHAI
BJP (NDA)
37,03757.8%
2
SHAYANI DHIRUBHAI THAKARSHIBHAI (DHIRUBHAI
INC
19,63030.6%
3
CHAUHAN HIRABHAI VASHRAMBHAI
IND
3,4295.3%
4
PANSHERIYA BABUBHAI JINABHAI (VAKIL BABULAL
AIRJP
2,0363.2%
5
RATHOD NAGJIBHAI RANABHAI
1,3542.1%
6
MADHWANI RAJESHKUMAR MANILAL
IND
5620.9%

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 (172nd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
27.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 22.0% · min 2.0% · max 58.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
56%
lowerhigher
172nd of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.76
fewer partiesmore parties
173rd of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.7%
lowerhigher
56th of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
182 seats · 92 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.76EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 57.8%INC 30.6%IND 5.3%OTH 6.2%

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?

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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