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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 72 · 1998

Asarwa

Winner — 1998

PATEL AMRISHKUMAR GOVINDLAL
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 40.6%INC 39.8%8 others 19.6%
Votes
46,112
40.6% share
Winning margin
958
0.8% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
51.3%
of 2,21,403

Asarwa was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.8% — fewer than 958 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PATEL AMRISHKUMAR GOVINDLAL
BJP (NDA)
46,11240.6%
2
PRABODH RAVAL
INC
45,15439.8%
3
PATNI LAXMANBHAI KALIDAS
AIRJP
19,82017.4%
4
PATEL RAMBHAI UKABHAI
IND
6700.6%
5
PATEL BHARATBHAI K.
BSP
6200.6%
6
YADAV RAJENDRARAM ASHRE
3840.3%
7
RUPERA CHANDRAKANT DURLABHJI (ADVOCATE)
3660.3%
8
PATEL NILESHKUMAR NATHALAL
ABJS
2240.2%
9
YADAV SURESH RAMTIRATH
1640.1%
10
PATEL RAJESHBHAI RAGHUNATHBHAI
IND
650.1%

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 (109th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.3% · min 0.8% · max 36.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
109th of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.08
fewer partiesmore parties
28th of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
142nd of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
182 seats · 92 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.08EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 40.6%INC 39.8%AIRJP 17.4%OTH 2.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
38,04,558
Density
340 / km²
Sex ratio
927 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
11,198 km²
SC population7.6%
ST population0.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.3%Muslim 9.5%Other 1.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water83.2%
Electricity95.5%
Sanitation69.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.3%
Children fully vaccinated84.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.9%
Children underweight (under 5)37.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.5%
Women literate84.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER12.1%
Clean cooking fuel83.6%
Health insurance45.1%

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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