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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 86 · 1998

Visnagar

Winner — 1998

PATEL PRAHALADBHAI MOHANLAL (GOSA)
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 29.5%IND 26.5%3 others 44.0%
Votes
34,075
29.5% share
Winning margin
3,536
3.1% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
73.8%
of 1,56,429

A closely fought contest. PATEL PRAHALADBHAI MOHANLAL (GOSA) won with a 3.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PATEL PRAHALADBHAI MOHANLAL (GOSA)
BJP (NDA)
34,07529.5%
2
PATEL BHOLABHAI CHATURBHAI
IND
30,53926.5%
3
THAKOR VARVAJI TALAJI
AIRJP
20,89418.1%
4
KIRTIBHAI ISHWARLAL PATEL
IND
16,34214.2%
5
PATHAN VAJIRKHAN BISMILLAKHAN
INC
13,57511.8%

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 (164th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
3.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.8% · min 1.5% · max 35.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
57%
lowerhigher
164th of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.66
fewer partiesmore parties
61st of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
146th of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
182 seats · 92 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.66EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 29.5%IND 26.5%AIRJP 18.1%IND 14.2%INC 11.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
27,43,082
Density
311 / km²
Sex ratio
953 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,831 km²
SC population9.7%
ST population2.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 87.4%Muslim 12.2%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water63.9%
Electricity94.6%
Sanitation59.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.4%
Children fully vaccinated93.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.3%
Children underweight (under 5)26.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.8%
Women literate82.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.2%
Clean cooking fuel67.2%
Health insurance47.3%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Beadwork🏺Groundnuts/Peanuts (Peanut Based Products)🏷️Kesar MangoGI🏺Mango🏺Marine & Fisheries Industry
Buddhistic Cave

Buddhistic Cave

🏛️MonumentASI

Buddhistic Cave

Khapra Kodia Caves

Khapra Kodia Caves

🏛️MonumentASI

Khapra Kodia Caves

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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