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Gujarat · Assembly Constituency 74 · 2000 by-electionsReserved (SC)

Shaher Kotda

Winner — 2000 by-elections

D.S.Manherkumar
INC 52.6%BJP 32.3%10 others 15.1%
Votes
18,474
52.6% share
Winning margin
7,148
20.4% of votes
Total candidates
12

Shaher Kotda is a safe seat — D.S.Manherkumar won by 20.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
D.S.Manherkumar
18,47452.6%
2
Tulsibhai Dabhi
11,32632.3%
3
C.P.Natthubhai
1,9545.6%
4
Dr.Nitin C. Gurjar
1,5484.4%
5
S.J.Kalidas
IND
4811.4%
6
P.V.Parmar
2850.8%
7
K.T.Nakum
2420.7%
8
P.B.Vasrambhai
IND
2370.7%
9
V.V.Manjibhai
IND
1900.5%
10
S.J.Khemchandbhai
IND
1760.5%
11
Parmar P. Naranbhai
IND
1340.4%
12
M.R.Balvantbhai
IND
630.2%

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 (102nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
20.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 25.1% · min 3.2% · max 85.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
102nd of 182

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.40
fewer partiesmore parties
89th of 182

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
137th of 182

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
3 seats · 2 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.40EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 52.6%BJP 32.3%JD(U) 5.6%OTH 9.6%

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
🏺Ceramic Tiles & Sanitary Ware🏺Engineering Goods/Machine products🏺Pottery🏺Single Ikat weaving

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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