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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 56 · 1998
Ghogho
Winner — 1998
PARSHOTAMBHAI ODHAVJIBHAI SOLANKI
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 58.6%INC 40.4%2 others 1.0%
Votes
51,705
58.6% share
Winning margin
16,101
18.3% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
63.6%
of 1,38,637
Ghogho is a safe seat — PARSHOTAMBHAI ODHAVJIBHAI SOLANKI won by 18.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PARSHOTAMBHAI ODHAVJIBHAI SOLANKI | BJP (NDA) | 51,705 | 58.6% |
| 2 | PARBATSINH PUNJUBHA GOHIL | INC | 35,604 | 40.4% |
| 3 | POPATBHAI DAYALBHAI CHAUHAN | AIRJP | 654 | 0.7% |
| 4 | NARENDRABHAI SHANKARLAL CHAVADA | IND | 215 | 0.2% |
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 (160th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe18.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 25.0% · min 8.1% · max 43.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
57%
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160th of 182How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.13
fewer partiesmore parties
146th of 182How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.4%
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127th of 182Where does the house stand?
SEAT
182 seats · 92 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.13EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 58.6%INC 40.4%OTH 1.0%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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
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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.