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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 60 · 1998

Dholka

Winner — 1998

KANJIBHAI RAYABHAI TALPADA
INC· INC
INC 61.1%BJP 35.6%2 others 3.3%
Votes
53,405
61.1% share
Winning margin
22,295
25.5% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
59.9%
of 1,45,924

Dholka is a safe seat — KANJIBHAI RAYABHAI TALPADA won by 25.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KANJIBHAI RAYABHAI TALPADA
INC
53,40561.1%
2
CHUDASAMA BHUPENDRASINH MANUBHA
NDA
31,11035.6%
3
RAJPOOT GOVINDSINH RANCHHODBHAI
AIRJP
1,9592.2%
4
JADAV ISHWARBHAI KARSHANBHAI
IND
9061.0%

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 (104th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
25.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.7% · min 0.7% · max 70.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
104th of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.45
fewer partiesmore parties
82nd of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.9%
lowerhigher
32nd of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
182 seats · 92 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.45EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 61.1%BJP 35.6%OTH 3.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,56,268
Density
169 / km²
Sex ratio
930 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
10,423 km²
SC population10.2%
ST population1.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 92.3%Muslim 6.3%Other 1.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water69.6%
Electricity88.2%
Sanitation35.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.6%
Children fully vaccinated62.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.2%
Children underweight (under 5)41.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.6%
Women literate75.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.5%
Clean cooking fuel56.9%
Health insurance50.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Single Ikat weaving🏺Spinning and Cotton Yarn🏷️Tangaliya ShawlGI

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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